Allow API.send_direct_message() to accept either user/screen_name/use…

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bwesterb · Dec 9, 2009 · fdb8c69 · fdb8c69
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ during upgrade will be listed here.
 + API
 	- retweet() method now works correctly
     - Added local trends method: trends_available() and trends_location()
+	- send_direct_message() now accepts either a user/screen_name/user_id for recipient of DM
 + tweepy.debug() enables httplib debug mode
 + New Sphinx documentation (Thanks Kumar!) in doc/
 

diff --git a/tweepy/api.py b/tweepy/api.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def me(self):
         path = '/direct_messages/new.json',
         method = 'POST',
         parser = parse_dm,
-        allowed_param = ['user', 'text'],
+        allowed_param = ['user', 'screen_name', 'user_id', 'text'],
         require_auth = True
     )