Why I cannot post image through twitter api? - api

Question

this is my code, i am trying to post tweet with image, but only text get posted?I really really want to post image as well. I am pulling my hair out for that, HELP!!?
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
require_once('TwitterAPIExchange.php');
//echo 'start';
/** Set access tokens here - see: https://dev.twitter.com/apps/ **/
require_once('connect.php');
$recid=$_GET['recid'];
//echo $recid;
$dsn='mysql:host='.$hostname.';dbname=twitter_db';
try{
$dbh=new PDO($dsn,$username,$password);
$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$stmt=$dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM gr_twitter WHERE recid=:recid");
$stmt->execute(array(
'recid'=>$recid
));
$foundResult=$stmt->fetchAll();
$tweetmsg=$foundResult[0]['tweet'];
$tweetImage=$foundResult[0]['tweetImageName'];
$timestamp=$foundResult[0]['sentTimestamp'];
print_r($foundResult);
$stmt2=$dbh->prepare("UPDATE gr_twitter SET sent=1 WHERE recid=:recid");
$stmt2->execute(array(
'recid'=>$recid
));
}
catch(PDOException $e){}
// Perform a GET request and echo the response **/
/** Note: Set the GET field BEFORE calling buildOauth(); **/
$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json';
$requestMethod='POST';
////images is stored in D:\Databases\RC_Data_FMS\images\Files\images\tweetImage folder
$tweetImage='D:\Databases\RC_Data_FMS\images\Files\images\tweetImage/images.jpg';
$postfields = array(
'status' => $tweetmsg,
'media' => "#{$tweetImage}"
);
/** POST fields required by the URL above. See relevant docs as above **/
//print_r($postfields).'<br />';
$twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($Yh_settings);
$response= $twitter->buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
->setPostfields($postfields)
->performRequest();
echo "Success, you just tweeted!<br />";
var_dump(json_decode($response));
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function objectToArray($d)
{
if (is_object($d)) {
// Gets the properties of the given object
// with get_object_vars function
$d = get_object_vars($d);
}
if (is_array($d)) {
/*
* Return array converted to object
* Using __FUNCTION__ (Magic constant)
* for recursive call
*/
// return array_map(__FUNCTION__, $d);
} else {
// Return array
// return $d;
}
}
?>
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Answer 1

I recommend you to use tmhOAuth library if you want to post images that are located in your server.
Here you have an example:
<?php
require_once('./tmhOAuth.php');
$tmhOAuth = new tmhOAuth(array(
'consumer_key' => CONSUMER_KEY,
'consumer_secret' => CONSUMER_SECRET,
'user_token' => OAUTH_TOKEN,
'user_secret' => OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
));
$tweetText = 'Your text here';
$imageName = 'picture.png';
$imagePath = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $imageName;
$code = $tmhOAuth->request(
'POST',
$tmhOAuth->url('1.1/statuses/update_with_media'),
array(
'media[]' => "#{$imagePath};type=image/png;filename={$imageName}",
'status' => $tweetText
),
true, // use auth
true // multipart
);
?>
Hope this helps!