(Chilkat2-Python) Upload Media to Twitter

Demonstrates uploading image or video files to Twitter. After uploading, the media_id can be used to attach the uploaded media to a tweet.

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import sys
import chilkat2

# It requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Assume we've previously obtained an access token and saved it to a JSON file..
jsonToken = chilkat2.JsonObject()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/twitter.json")

http = chilkat2.Http()

# Provide the OAuth 1.0a credentials:
http.OAuth1 = True
http.OAuthConsumerKey = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"
http.OAuthConsumerSecret = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"
http.OAuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token")
http.OAuthTokenSecret = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

req = chilkat2.HttpRequest()
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.Path = "/1.1/media/upload.json"

req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")

# Add a JPEG image file to the upload.
fac = chilkat2.FileAccess()

# jpgBytes is a memoryview
jpgBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
req.AddBytesForUpload("media","starfish.jpg",jpgBytes)

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.SynchronousRequest("upload.twitter.com",443,True,req)
if (http.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

jsonResponse = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)

if (resp.StatusCode != 200):
    print(jsonResponse.Emit())
    sys.exit()

# Show the successful response:
print(jsonResponse.Emit())
print("Success.")

# A successful JSON response looks like this:

# 	{
# 	  "media_id": 793137045996646400,
# 	  "media_id_string": "793137045996646400",
# 	  "size": 6229,
# 	  "expires_after_secs": 86400,
# 	  "image": {
# 	    "image_type": "image\/jpeg",
# 	    "w": 120,
# 	    "h": 120
# 	  }
# 	}
# 

# Get the information from the JSON:
print("media_id_string = " + jsonResponse.StringOf("media_id_string"))
print("size = " + str(jsonResponse.IntOf("size")))
print("image_type = " + jsonResponse.StringOf("image.image_type"))
print("height/width = " + str(jsonResponse.IntOf("image.w")) + "," + str(jsonResponse.IntOf("image.h")))