Reusing media_id with multiple tweets

[jonoglassey]

I’d like to know whether I can reuse a media_id with multiple tweets.

I’ve noticed this question answered in multiple threads before…

Media error "already used" even when shared

I am uploading media to use on multiple DMs. The upload seems to go through fine, and the media shows up fine on the DM if I only send to one person. But I get an when I try to send the same media object to more that one person. Here are the params I’m sending to the image upload: "Params: media: #<File:0x00007f9248050c80>, media_category_prefix: dm, shared: true" Which is yielding a media id: "Twitter media id: 1029489610953506817" But if sent to a second person I get the following error: …

Efficiently refreshing a media_id

Is there anyway to refresh a media_id without re-uploading the attached media? If I am uploading videos using media/upload, my media could be 512MB videos. It’s a bit unwieldy to have to re-upload these videos after their media_id has expired.

Reusing media with multiple tweets

Yeah - same for me - I used the same media_id and different text - this resulted in the error.

But I’ve noticed an inconsistency with what is being said here and what I am experiencing on the API.

When I send a DM I do encounter the following error

There was an error sending your message: media id already used.

However it appears that I am able to reuse the same media_id multiple times when creating a Tweet.

Scanning the documentation there is explicit mention of only using one media id with one DM. However there is no such mention for tweets.

Has the specification changes at all since these above threads or am I experiencing something outside of specification?

Basically I want to know if I should expect to be able to reuse media_ids in the future!

Cheers!

[jrsyo]

@jonoglassey

https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/direct-messages/message-attachments/guides/attaching-media

It is possible to attach the same media asset to multiple Direct Messages. However, you must get users’ express consent to set media as “shared,” and must provide them with clear notice that “shared” media will be viewable by anyone with the media’s URL. See the documented process below for how to set media to “shared.”

Did you set shared=true when you upload the image file in question?

Best,
Shohei

[jonoglassey]

@jrsyo

Thank you for your response. I will give that a go for DMs. Thank you!

What I am most interested in however, is if the same media_id can be reused for multiple Tweet objects? Is this possible at all? I couldn’t find any documentation on the matter except for previous responses to threads which indicated it wasn’t possible. But I’ve been able to do it myself.

[jrsyo]

@jonoglassey

As long as you use a different tweet text for each, I think it does work with the same single media_id (plus, within an expires_after_secs period).

[jonoglassey]

Okay. I’ll give it a go reusing the same media_id and report back.