Unable to post multiple images using update_with_media

[nicholasjon]

I can use update_with_media to post single images without a problem, but whenever I attempt to post multiple images via update_with_media, I get the following error:

Twitter::Error::UnacceptableIO: The IO object for media must respond to to_io

I'm trying to follow the example from: https://github.com/sferik/twitter/blob/master/examples/Update.md

media = %w(/path/to/media1.png /path/to/media2.png).map { |filename| File.new(filename) }
client.update_with_media("I'm tweeting with @gem!", media)

Here's how I'm setting up my client:

client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
  config.consumer_key        = CONSUMER_KEY
  config.consumer_secret     = CONSUPER_SECRET
  config.access_token        = user.twitter_token
  config.access_token_secret = user.twitter_secret
end

The array of media I have looks like:

media
 => [#<File:/path_to_file/photo/9aN9KzkLQa/9aN9KzkLQa-full.jpg>, #<File:/path_to_file/photo/EUcjNHr5jB/EUcjNHr5jB-full.jpg>]

And here's how I'm trying to make my post:

client.update_with_media("tweet text",media)

Some more info:

The following work:

client.update_with_media("tweet text",media.first) # successful
client.update_with_media("tweet text",media.last) # successful

This does not:

client.update_with_media("tweet text",[media.first])

[Roach]

You'll need to upload the media first, then reference the media IDs when posting the Tweet:

media_ids = %w(/path/to/media1.png /path/to/media2.png).map do |filename| 
 client.upload File.new filename
end

tweet = client.update "tweet text", {media_ids: media_ids.join(',')}

[tomoyuki28jp]

@Roach Your comment helps me out, thanks! :)

[jrgillick]

This works for me with images. Has anyone had success uploading video? When I run this code with an mp4 file:

client.upload(file)

I get this error:

Faraday::TimeoutError: Net::ReadTimeout

[sagarpreet-chadha]

@nicholasjon , @jrgillick , @Roach , @tomoyuki28jp , can any of you help me with the following problem .

I was trying to use client.update_with_media("I'm tweeting with @gem!", File.new("/path/to/media.png")) , but could not understand how to make File object for argument .

In short , i want to tweet this image https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/793855561456418816/7ysHNRUu.jpg , with message "Hi" , but couldn't figure out the arguments here .

Thank you in advance 😄 !

[andypiper]

update_with_media was deprecated by Twitter about 3 years ago. You’d be better off following the example @Roach posted above with the two-stage upload and then update method.

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Thank you @andypiper for your reply !

Still i am not able to upload image , i tried following :

media_ids = %w(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/793855561456418816/7ysHNRUu.jpg).map do |filename| client.upload File.new filename end

and then :
tweet = client.update "tweet text", {media_ids: media_ids.join(',')}

ERROR IS :

[sagarpreet-chadha]

And tried this too :

media_ids = %w(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/793855561456418816/7ysHNRUu.jpg).map do |filename|
require 'open-uri'
open('image.png', 'wb') do |file|
file << open(filename.to_s).read
client.upload File.new file
end
end

and then :

tweet = client.update "tweet text", {media_ids: media_ids.join(',')}

shows ERROR :

Any help is much appreciated ! Thank you 😄 !

[andypiper]

You cannot provide a URL as a media ID. You have to upload the image to the media/upload endpoint, and use the ID returned from there.