Media_ids being ignored when posting a tweet

[Shaaheen]

Hello,

The tweets I am posting via 1.1/statuses/update.json endpoint are going out correctly but there’s no trace of the uploaded media I am attaching to the tweet when I view the tweet at Twitter website.

The result of calling 1.1/media/upload.json with the FINALIZE command is as follow:

$response: array(5) {
  ["media_id"]=>
  int(925833066102243328)
  ["media_id_string"]=>
  string(18) "925833066102243328"
  ["size"]=>
  int(6996)
  ["expires_after_secs"]=>
  int(86400)
  ["image"]=>
  array(3) {
    ["image_type"]=>
    string(9) "image/png"
    ["w"]=>
    int(128)
    ["h"]=>
    int(128)
  }
}

The size and dimensions are correct so I am assuming I am indeed transferring the image to Twitter correctly.

• I tried different images.
• I am not waiting until the media is expired and I am uploading a new one with every try.
• I am using a 64 bit server and I tried media_id_string without success.
• I am not using any existing libraries for the authentication or posting.
• I tried to add additional fields (lat and long) and it worked without any issue.
• I am passing media_ids with status.

I’ve been wrestling with this issue for the past 6 hours or so! Your help would be greatly appreciated.

[andypiper]

Can you share any response from the statuses/update endpoint?

Can you share any code snippet that demonstrates this issue?

(I’ve re-tagged this posted with ‘php’ as I’m guessing from the data structure you’ve added that you’re in a PHP environment?)

[Shaaheen]

Hello Andy,

Thanks for the quick reply. You are right, I am using PHP. Here’s my cURL wrapper: https://bpaste.net/show/c3af1e447be5

Here are the outputs of the 4 API calls I am making:

$init_response: array(3) {
  ["media_id"]=>
  int(925899847592488962)
  ["media_id_string"]=>
  string(18) "925899847592488962"
  ["expires_after_secs"]=>
  int(86399)
}

$append_response: array(0) {
}

$finalize_response: array(5) {
  ["media_id"]=>
  int(925899847592488962)
  ["media_id_string"]=>
  string(18) "925899847592488962"
  ["size"]=>
  int(6996)
  ["expires_after_secs"]=>
  int(86400)
  ["image"]=>
  array(3) {
    ["image_type"]=>
    string(9) "image/png"
    ["w"]=>
    int(128)
    ["h"]=>
    int(128)
  }
}

$response: array(23) {
  ["created_at"]=>
  string(30) "Thu Nov 02 01:38:21 +0000 2017"
  ["id"]=>
  int(925899852868980736)
  ["id_str"]=>
  string(18) "925899852868980736"
  ["text"]=>
  string(31) "Some text."
  ["truncated"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["entities"]=>
  array(4) {
    ["hashtags"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
    ["symbols"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
    ["user_mentions"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
    ["urls"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
  }
  ["source"]=>
  string(66) "<a href="https://twitter.com/SomeUser" rel="nofollow">Username</a>"
  ["in_reply_to_status_id"]=>
  NULL
  ["in_reply_to_status_id_str"]=>
  NULL
  ["in_reply_to_user_id"]=>
  NULL
  ["in_reply_to_user_id_str"]=>
  NULL
  ["in_reply_to_screen_name"]=>
  NULL
  ["user"]=>
  array(41) {
    ["id"]=>
    int(2153968832)
    ["id_str"]=>
    string(10) "2153968832"
    ["name"]=>
    string(8) "Example"
    ["screen_name"]=>
    string(14) "ExampleDotCom"
    ["location"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["description"]=>
    string(27) "Something"
    ["url"]=>
    NULL
    ["entities"]=>
    array(1) {
      ["description"]=>
      array(1) {
        ["urls"]=>
        array(0) {
        }
      }
    }
    ["protected"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["followers_count"]=>
    int(0)
    ["friends_count"]=>
    int(0)
    ["listed_count"]=>
    int(0)
    ["created_at"]=>
    string(30) "Fri Oct 25 01:45:38 +0000 2013"
    ["favourites_count"]=>
    int(0)
    ["utc_offset"]=>
    NULL
    ["time_zone"]=>
    NULL
    ["geo_enabled"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["verified"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["statuses_count"]=>
    int(1)
    ["lang"]=>
    string(2) "en"
    ["contributors_enabled"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["is_translator"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["is_translation_enabled"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["profile_background_color"]=>
    string(6) "C0DEED"
    ["profile_background_image_url"]=>
    string(48) "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png"
    ["profile_background_image_url_https"]=>
    string(49) "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png"
    ["profile_background_tile"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["profile_image_url"]=>
    string(98) "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000643924677/0e3cd9a88abf522c4c7032e7578ccb88_normal.png"
    ["profile_image_url_https"]=>
    string(99) "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000643924677/0e3cd9a88abf522c4c7032e7578ccb88_normal.png"
    ["profile_link_color"]=>
    string(6) "1DA1F2"
    ["profile_sidebar_border_color"]=>
    string(6) "C0DEED"
    ["profile_sidebar_fill_color"]=>
    string(6) "DDEEF6"
    ["profile_text_color"]=>
    string(6) "333333"
    ["profile_use_background_image"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["has_extended_profile"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["default_profile"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["default_profile_image"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["following"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["follow_request_sent"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["notifications"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["translator_type"]=>
    string(4) "none"
  }
  ["geo"]=>
  NULL
  ["coordinates"]=>
  NULL
  ["place"]=>
  NULL
  ["contributors"]=>
  NULL
  ["is_quote_status"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["retweet_count"]=>
  int(0)
  ["favorite_count"]=>
  int(0)
  ["favorited"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["retweeted"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["lang"]=>
  string(2) "en"
}

[richardhyland]

Are you passing your media ids into statuses/update, just uploading them isn’t enough

Can you share the actual call you’re making to statuses/update?

[Shaaheen]

Here: https://bpaste.net/show/7bd9c536b8ce

I am assuming I don’t have to pass status and media_ids while creating the OAuth signature. Could that be the reason? I tried passing them and I got “Couldn’t authenticate you.” error. Besides, it’s working for status, lat and long without passing them.

[andypiper]

Per the guide:

Because the method uses multipart POST, OAuth is handled differently. POST or query string parameters are not used when calculating an OAuth signature basestring or signature. Only the oauth_* parameters are used.

[Shaaheen]

I tried codebird and Guzzle. Both work. I wonder what’s wrong with my cURL request.