Merge pull request #663 from Bracciata/feature/gifs_over_5mb

Feature: Allow ability to upload gifs in the range of 5MB to 15MB.
bear · Dec 19, 2021 · 13276b6 · 13276b6
2 parents 773bce9 + 56ce285
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diff --git a/twitter/api.py b/twitter/api.py
@@ -1288,6 +1288,10 @@ def _UploadMediaChunkedInit(self,
         parameters['media_type'] = media_type
         parameters['total_bytes'] = file_size
 
+        # Without this GIF files over 5MB but less than 15MB will fail uploading.
+        if media_type == 'image/gif' and file_size > 5242880:
+          parameters['media_category'] = 'tweet_gif'
+
         resp = self._RequestUrl(url, 'POST', data=parameters)
         data = self._ParseAndCheckTwitter(resp.content.decode('utf-8'))