Example refactor forcompose_tweet method.

This commit was made after seeing the following toot:
https://mastodon.social/web/statuses/107105301232594830

And wondering if it could be improved, this is my take on it,
feel free to discard if not wanted/needed!

mastotuit.py

@@ -52,110 +52,89 @@ def get_toot(title):
 
 def compose_tweet(tuit_text, with_images, is_reply):
 
-    if len(tuit_text) > 280:
+    tuit_max_length = 250 if len(tuit_text) > 280 else 275
+    tuit_text2 = ''
+    images_ids = []
 
     if with_images:
+        for image in images_list:
+            file_ = filetype.guess('images/' + image)
+            is_video = True if file_.mime == 'video/mp4' else False
+            # It's a video, let's do some processing...
+            if is_video:
+                try:
+                    ffmpeg_probe = ffmpeg.probe(f'images/{image}')
+                    video_duration = float(
+                        ffmpeg_probe['streams'][0]['duration']
+                    )
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f'Error while trying to probe {image}\n{e}')
+                    sys.exit(e)
 
-            tuit_text1 = tuit_text[:250].rsplit(' ', 1)[0] + ' (1/2)'
+                if video_duration > 139:
-            tuit_text2 = tuit_text[int(len(tuit_text1)-6):] + ' (2/2)'
+                    print(f'video duration is too large: {video_duration}')
-
+                    # We could potentially use ffmpeg to shorten the video
-        else:
+                    # We skip to the next image
-
+                    continue
-            tuit_text1 = tuit_text[:275].rsplit(' ', 1)[0] + ' (1/2)'
-            tuit_text2 = tuit_text[int(len(tuit_text1)-6):] + ' (2/2)'
 
             try:
+                # Now let's uplaod the media...
+                media_upload = api.media_upload(
+                    f'images/{image}',
+                    media_category='tweet_video' if is_video else'tweet_image'
+                )
 
-        if with_images:
+                if media_upload.processing_info['state'] == 'succeeded':
-
+                    images_ids.append(media_upload.media_id)
-            images_id_lst = []
-
-            i = 0
-            while i < len(images_list):
-
-                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 len(tuit_text) > 280:
-
-                if is_reply:
-
-                    first_tweet = api.update_status(status=tuit_text1, in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id)
-
-                else:
-
-                    first_tweet = api.update_status(status=tuit_text1)
-
-                tweet = api.update_status(status=tuit_text2, in_reply_to_status_id=first_tweet.id, media_ids=images_id_lst)
-
-            else:
-
-                if is_reply:
-
-                    tweet = api.update_status(status=tuit_text, in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id, media_ids=images_id_lst)
-
-                else:
-
-                    tweet = api.update_status(status=tuit_text, media_ids=images_id_lst)
-
-        else:
-
-            if len(tuit_text) > 280:
-
-                if is_reply:
-
-                    first_tweet = api.update_status(tuit_text1, in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id)
-
-                else:
-
-                    first_tweet = api.update_status(tuit_text1)
-
-                tweet = api.update_status(tuit_text2, in_reply_to_status_id=first_tweet.id)
-
-            else:
-
-                if is_reply:
-
-                    tweet = api.update_status(status=tuit_text, in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id)
-
-                else:
-
-                    tweet = api.update_status(tuit_text)
-
-        return tweet
 
             except TweepyException as err:
-
+                print('Error while uploading media!\n')
-        print('\n')
                 sys.exit(err)
 
+    # Compose tuit
+
+    # This means that the OG tweet is bigger than 280
+    # Thus we need to break it down in two
+    if tuit_max_length == 250:
+        tuit_text = '{0} (1/2)'.format(
+            tuit_text[:tuit_max_length].rsplit(' ', 1)[0]
+        )
+        tuit_text2 = '{0} (2/2)'.format(
+            tuit_text[len(tuit_text) - 6:]  # Why minus 6?
+        )
+
+        try:
+            first_tweet = api.update_status(
+                status=tuit_text,
+                # No idea where `tweet_id` is defined/coming from
+                in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id if is_reply else ''
+            )
+
+            tweet = api.update_status(
+                status=tuit_text2,
+                in_reply_to_status_id=first_tweet.id,
+                media_ids=images_ids
+            )
+
+        except TweepyException as err:
+            print('Error while trying to publish split tweet.\n')
+            sys.exit(err)
+
+
+    else:
+        try:
+            tweet = api.update_status(
+                status=tuit_text,
+                # No idea where `tweet_id` is defined/coming from
+                in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id if is_reply else '',
+                media_ids=images_ids  # defaults to empty list
+            )
+        except TweepyException as err:
+            print('Errror while trying to publish tweet.\n')
+            sys.exit(err)
+
+    return tweet
+
 def get_tweet_id(toot_id):
 
     tweet_id = 0