Upload media with Python Twitter Tools

twitter-media-upload.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from twitter import Twitter, OAuth
from twitter_auth import (CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN,
                          ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    my_auth = OAuth(token=ACCESS_TOKEN,
                    token_secret=ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET,
                    consumer_key=CONSUMER_KEY,
                    consumer_secret=CONSUMER_SECRET)

    t = Twitter(auth=my_auth)

    # Send images along with your tweets:
    # - first just read images from the web or from files the regular way:
    with open("catsonsynths.jpg", "rb") as imagefile:
        imagedata = imagefile.read()
    # - then upload medias one by one on Twitter's dedicated server
    #   and collect each one's id:
    t_up = Twitter(domain='upload.twitter.com', auth=my_auth)
    id_img = t_up.media.upload(media=imagedata)["media_id_string"]
    t.statuses.update(status="Testing, testing. Uploading media with "
                             "Python Twitter Tools, 2, 3, 4.",
                      media_ids=",".join([id_img]))