# File lib/twitter/base.rb, line 105 def d(user, text) url = URI.parse("http://#{@@api_url}/direct_messages/new.xml") req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path) req.basic_auth(@config[:email], @config[:password]) req.set_form_data({'text' => text, 'user' => user}) response = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start { |http| http.request(req) } DirectMessage.new_from_xml(parse(response.body).at('direct_message')) end