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Twitter video upload function #966

@tamasvar

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@tamasvar

Which node are you reporting an issue on?

node-red-node-twitter

I would like to be able to upload larger files to Twitter. this already works in node.js
The node.js code must be converted to node-red

node.js:

const Twitter = require("twitter")
const dotenv = require("dotenv")
const fs = require("fs")

dotenv.config()

const client = new Twitter({
  consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
  consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
  access_token_key: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY,
  access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
})

const pathToFile = "./media/homer.gif"
const mediaType = "image/gif"

const mediaData = fs.readFileSync(pathToFile)
const mediaSize = fs.statSync(pathToFile).size

initializeMediaUpload()
  .then(appendFileChunk)
  .then(finalizeUpload)
  .then(publishStatusUpdate)

function initializeMediaUpload() {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    client.post("media/upload", {
      command: "INIT",
      total_bytes: mediaSize,
      media_type: mediaType
    }, function(error, data, response) {
      if (error) {
        console.log(error)
        reject(error)
      } else {
        resolve(data.media_id_string)
      }
    })
  })
}

function appendFileChunk(mediaId) {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    client.post("media/upload", {
      command: "APPEND",
      media_id: mediaId,
      media: mediaData,
      segment_index: 0
    }, function(error, data, response) {
      if (error) {
        console.log(error)
        reject(error)
      } else {
        resolve(mediaId)
      }
    })
  })
}

function finalizeUpload(mediaId) {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    client.post("media/upload", {
      command: "FINALIZE",
      media_id: mediaId
    }, function(error, data, response) {
      if (error) {
        console.log(error)
        reject(error)
      } else {
        resolve(mediaId)
      }
    })
  })
}

function publishStatusUpdate(mediaId) {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    client.post("statuses/update", {
      status: "I tweeted from Node.js!",
      media_ids: mediaId
    }, function(error, data, response) {
      if (error) {
        console.log(error)
        reject(error)
      } else {
        console.log("Successfully uploaded media and tweeted!")
        resolve(data)
      }
    })
  })
}

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