401 On twitter.media.mediaUpload()

[vsnthdev]

Describe the bug
Below are the authentication requirements by Twitter for twitter.tweets.statusesUpdate() and twitter.media.mediaUpload() endpoints respectively 👇

and

As they require same level of authentication if twitter.tweets.statusesUpdate() works then twitter.media.mediaUpload() should also work. Where twitter.tweets.statusesUpdate() works as expected, twitter.media.mediaUpload() responds with a 401. Here's the code I've used 👇

const res = await twitter.media.mediaUpload({
    media: await fs.readFile(image.path)
})

console.log('res ', res)

And here's the response I get 👇

{
    statusCode: 401,
    data: '{"errors":[{"code":32,"message":"Could not authenticate you."}]}'
}

To reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new Node.js project and add twitter-api-client as dependency.
2. Write the following code 👇 in a file named index.js

const fs = require('fs/promises')

const res = await twitter.media.mediaUpload({
    media: await fs.readFile('./image.png')
})

console.log('res ', res)

3. Add a dummy image in the same folder as index.js
4. Run it!

Expected behavior
I see the newly uploaded image in Twitter Media Studio.

Package Manager:
To install the Twitter API Client, I used Yarn v1.22.10

Additional context
Node.js: v15.4.0
Module System: Native ESM
Operating System: macOS Big Sur 11.1 (20C69)

[SimonHoiberg]

Hi @vasanthdeveloper 👋
Thanks for creating this issue.

The mediaUpload endpoint expects the media to be base64 encoded.
So - without having tried your reproduction example yet - could you first try to do the following:

const fs = require('fs/promises')

const res = await twitter.media.mediaUpload({
    media: await fs.readFile('./image.png', { encoding: 'base64' }) // <- add base64 here
})

console.log('res ', res)

I have a feeling that will work.
Thank you.

[vsnthdev]

@SimonHoiberg Yup! that works 🥳 you're a genius! 🙌

[vsnthdev]

@SimonHoiberg It would be great if you make an example of chunked upload since that's tricky 🙂

[slorber]

Couldn't make chunked upload work due to auth failures => #63