Upgraded Tweepy to v4.1.0 and added video support

README.md

@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ Within Python Virtual Environment:
 5. Use your favourite scheduling method to set `python mastotuit.py` to run every minute.  
 
 29.9.2021 **New Feature** Added support to media files! mastotuit now gets all media files from Mastodon's post (if any) and publish them to Twitter together with your status update.  
-7.10.2021 **New Feature** Added thread support! If you create a thread in Mastodon mastotuit will create the same thread on Twitter.
+7.10.2021 **New Feature** Added thread support! If you create a thread in Mastodon mastotuit will create the same thread on Twitter. 
+13.10.2021 Upgraded Tweepy library to v4.1.0   
+13.10.2021 **New Feature** Added video upload support! If video properties are according Twitter rules it will be uploaded.

mastotuit.py

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import time
 import requests
 import shutil
 import tweepy
-from tweepy import TweepError
+from tweepy import TweepyException
 import logging
+import filetype
+import ffmpeg
 import pdb
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
@@ -98,8 +100,7 @@ def create_api():
     
     auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(api_key, api_key_secret)
     auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
-    api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True, 
-        wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True)
+    api = tweepy.API(auth)
     try:
         api.verify_credentials()
         logged_in = True
@@ -278,8 +279,40 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         i = 0
                         while i < len(images_list):
 
-                            media = api.media_upload('images/' + images_list[i])
-                            images_id_lst.append(media.media_id)
+                            kind = filetype.guess('images/' + images_list[i])
+                            if kind.mime == 'video/mp4':
+
+                                probe = ffmpeg.probe('images/' + images_list[i])
+                                duration = probe['streams'][0]['duration']
+
+                                if float(duration) > 139:
+
+                                    print(f'video duration is too large: {duration}')
+
+                                else:
+
+                                    media = api.media_upload('images/' + images_list[i], media_category='tweet_video')
+
+                                    if media.processing_info['state'] == 'succeeded':
+
+                                        images_id_lst.append(media.media_id)
+
+                                    else:
+
+                                        print(media.processing_info)
+
+                            else:
+
+                                media = api.media_upload('images/' + images_list[i])
+
+                                if media.processing_info['state'] == 'succeeded':
+
+                                    images_id_lst.append(media.media_id)
+
+                                else:
+
+                                    print(media.processing_info)
+
                             i += 1
 
                         if is_reply:
@@ -300,7 +333,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
                             tweet = api.update_status(tuit_text)
 
-                except TweepError as err:
+                except TweepyException as err:
 
                     print('\n')
                     sys.exit(err)
@@ -326,8 +359,34 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         i = 0
                         while i < len(images_list):
 
-                            media = api.media_upload('images/' + images_list[i])
+                            kind = filetype.guess('images/' + images_list[i])
+                            if kind.mime == 'video/mp4':
+
+                                probe = ffmpeg.probe('images/' + images_list[i])
+                                duration = probe['streams'][0]['duration']
+
+                                if float(duration) > 139:
+
+                                    print(f'video duration is too large: {duration}')
+
+                                else:
+
+                                    media = api.media_upload('images/' + images_list[i], media_category='tweet_video')
+
+                                    if media.processing_info['state'] == 'succeeded':
+
+                                        images_id_lst.append(media.media_id)
+
+                                    else:
+
+                                        print(media.processing_info)
+
+                            else:
+
+                                media = api.media_upload('images/' + images_list[i])
+
                             images_id_lst.append(media.media_id)
+
                             i += 1
 
                         if is_reply:
@@ -352,7 +411,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
                         tweet = api.update_status(tuit_text2, in_reply_to_status_id=first_tweet.id)
 
-                except TweepError as err:
+                except TweepException as err:
 
                     print('\n')
                     sys.exit(err)

requirements.txt

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ psycopg2>=2.9.1
 feedparser>=6.0.8
 bs4>=0.0.1
 Mastodon.py>=1.5.1
-tweepy==3.10.0
+tweepy==4.1.0
+filetype>=1.0.8
+ffmpeg-python>=0.2.0