# Delay in the direct message arrival

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-in-the-direct-message-arrival/9511>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [27 March 2019 21:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-in-the-direct-message-arrival/9511 "2019-03-27T21:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![mike67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@mike67](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mike67)\
**Post date:** [27 March 2019 21:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-in-the-direct-message-arrival/9511/1 "2019-03-27T21:16:53Z")

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Hello  
I use the twiter contrib to be able to send and receive public and private message qith nodered.  
So, I have created the API on twitter.dev web site, and give the access in Read/Write and direct messages too

I can send public and private messages  
I also receive my private messages, but there is a very long time (more than 1 or 2 minutes, sometime more) beetween the moment I send a message (with an other twitter account), and the moment I receive it in nodeRed.  
When I use the nodeRed accound on my iPhone, the messages arrives instantly.

Is there any setting in the twitter in node so that the refresh period can be adjusted?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [27 March 2019 23:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-in-the-direct-message-arrival/9511/2 "2019-03-27T23:22:25Z")

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> [@mike67](#):
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> Is there any setting in the twitter in node so that the refresh period can be adjusted?

No. The node has to obey the rate limiting imposed by the Twitter API.