HybridAuth send tweet with image

Question

I'm using the HybridAuth library. I'd like to be able to post message to my authenticated users twitter profile with images.

The setUserStatus method works well to automatically send a tweet.

I wrote the following method :

function setUserStatus( $status, $image )
{
    //$parameters = array( 'status' => $status, 'media[]' => "@{$image}" );
    $parameters = array( 'status' => $status, 'media[]' => file_get_contents($image) );
    $response  = $this->api->post( 'statuses/update_with_media.json', $parameters );

    // check the last HTTP status code returned
    if ( $this->api->http_code != 200 ){
        throw new Exception( "Update user status failed! {$this->providerId} returned an error. " . $this->errorMessageByStatus( $this->api->http_code ) );
    }
 }

The message I get from twitter is :

Ooophs, we got an error: Update user status failed! Twitter returned an error. 403 Forbidden: The request is understood, but it has been refused.

How Can I get more precise info about error ? Does anybody allready success in sending a picture attached to a tweet ?

Thanks !

Hugo

no ! when I will work on it, I will directly use the twitter API ... — hugsbrugs, May 09 '14 at 08:47

hugsbrugs · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-16T12:01:36.037

Thanks @Heena for making myself wake up on this question, I MADE IT ;)

function setUserStatus( $status )
{
    if(is_array($status))
    {
        $message = $status["message"];
        $image_path = $status["image_path"];
    }
    else
    {
        $message = $status;
        $image_path = null;
    }

    $media_id = null;

    # https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/help/configuration
    $twitter_photo_size_limit = 3145728;

    if($image_path!==null)
    {
        if(file_exists($image_path))
        {
            if(filesize($image_path) < $twitter_photo_size_limit)
            {
                # Backup base_url
                $original_base_url = $this->api->api_base_url;

                # Need to change base_url for uploading media
                $this->api->api_base_url = "https://upload.twitter.com/1.1/";

                # Call Twitter API media/upload.json
                $parameters = array('media' => base64_encode(file_get_contents($image_path)) );
                $response  = $this->api->post( 'media/upload.json', $parameters ); 
                error_log("Twitter upload response : ".print_r($response, true));

                # Restore base_url
                $this->api->api_base_url = $original_base_url;

                # Retrieve media_id from response
                if(isset($response->media_id))
                {
                    $media_id = $response->media_id;
                    error_log("Twitter media_id : ".$media_id);
                }

            }
            else
            {
                error_log("Twitter does not accept files larger than ".$twitter_photo_size_limit.". Check ".$image_path);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            error_log("Can't send file ".$image_path." to Twitter cause does not exist ... ");
        }
    }

    if($media_id!==null)
    {
        $parameters = array( 'status' => $message, 'media_ids' => $media_id );
    }
    else
    {
        $parameters = array( 'status' => $message); 
    }
    $response  = $this->api->post( 'statuses/update.json', $parameters );

    // check the last HTTP status code returned
    if ( $this->api->http_code != 200 ){
        throw new Exception( "Update user status failed! {$this->providerId} returned an error. " . $this->errorMessageByStatus( $this->api->http_code ) );
    }
}

To make it work you have to do like this :

$config = "/path_to_hybridauth_config.php";
$hybridauth = new Hybrid_Auth( $config );
$adapter = $hybridauth->authenticate( "Twitter" );

$twitter_status = array(
    "message" => "Hi there! this is just a random update to test some stuff",
    "image_path" => "/path_to_your_image.jpg"
);
$res = $adapter->setUserStatus( $twitter_status );

Enjoy !

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '14 at 04:43

I did not understand it for hybridauth then I used this library https://github.com/J7mbo/twitter-api-php/archive/master.zip

Then I was successful using code below: (appears elsewhere in stack)

    <?php
    require_once('TwitterAPIExchange.php');
    $settings= array(
    'oauth_access_token' => '';
    'oauth_access_secret' => '';
    'consumer_key' => '';
    'consumer_secret' => '';
    // paste your keys above properly
    )

    $url_media = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update_with_media.json";
    $requestMethod = "POST";

    $tweetmsg = $_POST['post_description'];   //POST data from upload form
    $twimg = $_FILES['pictureFile']['tmp_name']; // POST data of file upload

    $postfields = array(
        'status' => $tweetmsg,
        'media[]' => '@' . $twimg
    );
    try {
        $twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($settings);
        $twitter->buildOauth($url_media, $requestMethod)
                ->setPostfields($postfields)
                ->performRequest();

        echo "You just tweeted with an image";
    } catch (Exception $ex) {
        echo $ex->getMessage();
    }
?>

to hard code message and image, do like $tweetmsg="See my new photo"; $twimg="catfight.jpg"; — Heena Shah, Nov 09 '14 at 04:44
Hi update_with_media.json is deprecated [Twitter API](https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/post/statuses/update_with_media), you should consider using new approach with media/upload.json then statuses/update.json — hugsbrugs, Nov 16 '14 at 10:57

HybridAuth send tweet with image

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