Bug with list_direct_messages

[nate-vasagam]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the list_direct_messages api but any time I try to iterate through the items it returns I get this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "reply_dm.py", line 41, in
main()
File "reply_dm.py", line 36, in main
check_messages(api)
File "reply_dm.py", line 29, in check_messages
for message in tweepy.Cursor(api.list_direct_messages).items():
File "C:\Python27\bot\twitter\lib\site-packages\tweepy\cursor.py", line 195, in next
self.current_page = self.page_iterator.next()
File "C:\Python27\bot\twitter\lib\site-packages\tweepy\cursor.py", line 73, in next
**self.kargs)
File "C:\Python27\bot\twitter\lib\site-packages\tweepy\binder.py", line 250, in _call
return method.execute()
File "C:\Python27\bot\twitter\lib\site-packages\tweepy\binder.py", line 233, in execute
raise TweepError(error_msg, resp, api_code=api_error_code)
tweepy.error.TweepError: [{u'message': u'invalid cursor', u'code': 214}]

Now, I may be doing something wrong, but I tested a few other API methods such as followers and others and those worked (so I think I'm using cursors properly).

Can anyone confirm this is working in their version of Python?

[Harmon758]

I've made a branch and pull request to fix this. See #1262 for more details.

I'd have liked to release the fix in a v3.8.1 patch release, but I think the change requiring parsers to handle a new return_cursors kwarg warrants waiting until a v3.9 minor version update.

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