Programmicly send whisper C++

Chat and IRC
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trying to send whispers to a user.
using the first ip in http://tmi.twitch.tv/servers?cluster=group
but the whisper still does not come thought to the user…
it connects to that fist ip fine, can send privmsg to desired user but not a whisper. also i do cap req membership.

*EDIT got it to atleast do an error. it throws the error /W not recognized

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all commands on IRC start with a dot instead of a slash
try using .w [recipient] [message]

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Connect to a group chat server
Join any room (most people join #jtv)
Send a private message to that room of .w recipient message

aka

PRIVMSG #room .w recipient message

You can’t send it to the server directly. Send it to a room any room

Edit: I use room and channel interchagably

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You do need to be connect to one of Twitch’s GroupChat servers to send/received whispers but you do not need to join a room/channel, you can simply send a PRIVMSG to jtv, using /w as the command:

PRIVMSG jtv :/w recipient message

recipient: the user to send the whisper to
message: the message to send

And whispers recieved come in formatted as:
@msgtags user!user@user.tmi.twitch.tv WHISPER self :message

@msgtags: only sent if you request IRCv3 message tags via CAP REQ :twitch.tv/tags
user!user@user.tmi.twitch.tv: The user that sent the whisper
self: the recipiant(you, your bot, etc)
message: the whispered message

(@BarryCarlyon: I didn’t mean to reply to you; meant to reply to the original post, I apologize.)

Edits: More info, spelling, formatting

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hehe no problem.

I only join a room through habit.
In case Twitch ever closes that loop hole (sending to a room you are not in)

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i tried sending the command “PRIVMSG jtv :/w hurnhu test”
but all i get as a response is unrecognized command /w.
is connecting to any of the IP in the group channel list good? or does it have to be a web socket server one?

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Your command must be targeting a channel, not a user so it should be #jtv and not just jtv (or any other # channel for that matter).

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The whisper command syntax looks like this, PRIVMSG #jtv :/w {recipient_username} {message}.

ex. if i were to send you a whisper, i woud send this command, PRIVMSG #jtv :/w hurnhu testing., to the Group Chat irc server.

if the response you get when sending the above command is, unrecognized command /w, make sure you have requested the proper CAPs.

CAP REQ :twitch.tv/membership
CAP REQ :twitch.tv/commands
CAP REQ :twitch.tv/tags
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It’s also possible that your library is misinterpreting the /w as a command to the server and overriding.

You can use .w instead

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