Message Button
The Message button is a small button to help your customers easily send a Direct Message to you on Twitter. Allow your customers to contact you to ask questions and get support from right on your website.
A Message button consists of two parts: a link to the direct message composer on Twitter.com, and the Twitter for Websites JavaScript to enhance the link with the recognizable Message button.
Message creation flow¶
Message @furniClicking the button will link the user to the Direct Message composer, pre-populated with the values you define in the button markup.
How to add a message button to your website
publish.twitter.com is a simple configuration tool for to create a message button. Just enter your @screenName to get started.
Manually
1. Create an anchor element with a twitter-dm-button class name. Set a href attribute value of https://twitter.com/messages/compose to create a link to the Twitter direct message view. The recipient_id query parameter is the ID of the @username that should receive the messages.
<a href="https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=3805104374"
class="twitter-dm-button" data-screen-name="@furni">
Message @furni</a>
2. Optionally pre-populate message text by customizing the text query parameter.
<a href="https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=3805104374&text=Hello%20world"
class="twitter-dm-button" data-screen-name="@furni">
Message @furni</a>
3. Asynchronously load the Twitter for Websites JavaScript using our loading snippet. The script will initialize the message button after your page content loads.
Query parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| recipient_id | Required. The user ID of the Twitter user that will receive the messages. |
| text | Optional. The pre-populated text in the message. Text must be URL encoded. |
Button customization
Size
Add a data-size attribute value of large to display a larger message button.
Default Size
Large Size