Twitter Direct Messages - iPhone - iphone

Question

I have been trying to retrieve the direct messages and place them into a timeline. I have been successful at doing so, but it is not the way I intended... I am a bit confused and can not seem to find an answer to the issue.
I receive as many direct messages as I want but I have an issue while placing them in a tableview they all show.
If you know a thing or two about twitter the direct messages is a list of users who sent you messages then you click into one and is shows you the actual messages.
So I have tried using just the "user_id" because in a list of items the log returns is shows the user id and that still does the same thing. The user_id , scrren_name, profile_image_url are all sub catagories of the main dictionary "sender" recipient" but when I place those in the table view I just crash.....
Below is how I parse the objets and they work but I caint seem to do what it is supposed to really do
Any help would be very much obliged!
//_______________________________________________________________
// DirecctMessages Parse
//_______________________________________________________________
-(NSString*)sender {
return [contents objectForKey:#"sender"] ;
}
-(NSString*)sender_id {
return [[contents objectForKey:#"sender"] objectForKey:#"sender_id"] ;
}
-(NSString*)sender_screenName {
return [[contents objectForKey:#"sender"] objectForKey:#"screen_name"] ;
}
-(NSString*)sender_profileImage {
return [[contents objectForKey:#"sender"] objectForKey:#"profile_image_url"] ;
}
This is the log
"created_at" = "Fri Jun 17 03:11:25 +0000 2011";
id = 3279750226;
recipient = {
"contributors_enabled" = false;
"created_at" = "Wed Nov 10 10:58:54 +0000 2010";
"default_profile" = false;
"default_profile_image" = false;
description = "Creator of xQuisite HD, Omega HD, AfterHours-HD, BlueBird-HD, ..a web
and IOS5 http://www.youtube.com/user/FreeAppl3";
"favourites_count" = 1;
"follow_request_sent" = false;
"followers_count" = 935;
following = 1;
"friends_count" = 256;
"geo_enabled" = true;
id = 214019964;
"is_translator" = false;
lang = en;
"listed_count" = 23;
location = "From NY 518 in Houston 281";
name = "Anthony Cornell";
notifications = false;
"profile_background_color" = 131516;
"profile_background_image_url" =
"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/256254613/top-wrapper-bg.jpg";
"profile_background_tile" = true;
"profile_image_url" =
"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1361674958/Wintboard_200px_normal.png";
"profile_link_color" = 0485db;
"profile_sidebar_border_color" = eeeeee;
"profile_sidebar_fill_color" = efefef;
"profile_text_color" = 0896f5;
"profile_use_background_image" = true;
protected = 0;
"screen_name" = FreeAppl3;
"show_all_inline_media" = false;
"statuses_count" = 6166;
"time_zone" = "";
url = "http://idevicethemes.com";
"utc_offset" = "";
verified = false;
};
"recipient_id" = 214019964;
"recipient_screen_name" = FreeAppl3;
sender = {
"contributors_enabled" = false;
"created_at" = "Tue Jul 27 15:12:30 +0000 2010";
"default_profile" = false;
"default_profile_image" = false;
description = "Currently a private platform..The one place all Geeks meet. One place
to call home. We are not building an army. WE are building a Legion. #bAdGB";
"favourites_count" = 12;
"follow_request_sent" = false;
"followers_count" = 699;
following = 0;
"friends_count" = 126;
"geo_enabled" = false;
id = 171526185;
"is_translator" = false;
lang = en;
"listed_count" = 30;
location = "Houston/U.S.A";
name = bAdGB;
notifications = false;
"profile_background_color" = C0DEED;
"profile_background_image_url" =
"http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/154928929/geek.jpg";
"profile_background_tile" = true;
"profile_image_url" =
"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1320730007/ProfilePhoto_normal.png";
"profile_link_color" = 0084B4;
"profile_sidebar_border_color" = C0DEED;
"profile_sidebar_fill_color" = DDEEF6;
"profile_text_color" = 333333;
"profile_use_background_image" = false;
protected = 0;
"screen_name" = bAdGigabit;
"show_all_inline_media" = false;
"statuses_count" = 3088;
"time_zone" = "Central Time (US & Canada)";
url = "http://www.bAdGB.com";
"utc_offset" = "-21600";
verified = false;
};
"sender_id" = 171526185;
"sender_screen_name" = bAdGigabit;
"source_api_request_type" = 13;
text = "Dude. U should add a function to let the user get push updates on a themer he
subscribes too ";
}

Answer 1

Is it because there is no sender_id inside the sender object? Instead try using the id.