# File lib/twitter/api.rb, line 485
    def direct_messages(*args)
      options = args.extract_options!
      if args.empty?
        direct_messages_received(options)
      else
        args.flatten.threaded_map do |id|
          object_from_response(Twitter::DirectMessage, :get, "/1/direct_messages/show/#{id}.json", options)
        end
      end
    end