Hi, I’m trying to understand how a bot (not verified) can reply to a whisper from a user.
I understand, after some reading in this forum, that bots can’t send whispers to users unless it is a reply.
So my question is, how can I reply to a whisper? Is there an additional argument I have to add such as @reply-parent-msg-id for usual PRIVMSG?
I have tried different combinations such as f"PRIVMSG {user} :/w {user} {text}" or f"PRIVMSG #{channel} :{user} {text}" but I haven’t managed to make this work.
As a result, I’m only receiving a NOTICE: “Your settings prevent you from sending this whisper”
There’s no reliable way for bots to send whispers.
It doesn’t matter if its a normal account or a known/verified bot, it will still run into issues frequently.
Sending a whisper to a user who has whispered you first may help, or it may not. Twitch doesn’t disclose the specifics of its anti-spam measures so a lot of the information is just observations from people over the years.
tl;dr it’s not worth your time trying to get a bot to use whispers.
Yes, I understand that and indeed I was already trying to find a different solution to what I’m trying to do with my bot.
However, out of curiosity. Was I doing something wrong trying to send those PRIVMSG commands? Is there a way of replying in principle using some specific tags?