Add long-form post (CreateNoteTweet) + video upload support#62
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- client.py: extend upload_media() to handle videos (mp4/mov, up to 512MB): multi-segment APPEND + STATUS polling until server-side transcode completes; also adds CreateNoteTweet GraphQL endpoint for posts > 280 weighted chars.
- cli.py: add --video / -V option to post command (mutually exclusive with --image).
- client.py: extend upload_media() to handle videos (mp4/mov, up to 512MB): multi-segment APPEND + STATUS polling until server-side transcode completes; also adds CreateNoteTweet GraphQL endpoint for posts > 280 weighted chars. - cli.py: add --video / -V option to post command (mutually exclusive with --image).
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Adds video upload support and automatic routing to long-form “Note Tweet” creation when tweet text exceeds the normal character limit.
Changes:
- Extend
upload_media()to support MP4/MOV uploads with chunked APPEND and STATUS polling. - Add a weighted-length heuristic and route
create_tweet()/quote_tweet()toCreateNoteTweetwhen needed. - Extend CLI
postcommand with--video/-V(mutually exclusive with--image).
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| File | Description |
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| twitter_cli/client.py | Adds video media upload flow and long-form tweet routing via CreateNoteTweet. |
| twitter_cli/cli.py | Adds --video flag to upload a video and post it in a tweet. |
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| media_data = base64.b64encode(chunk).decode("ascii") | ||
| headers = self._build_headers(url=upload_url, method="POST") | ||
| headers.pop("Content-Type", None) | ||
| append_data = { | ||
| "command": "APPEND", | ||
| "media_id": media_id, | ||
| "segment_index": str(segment_index), | ||
| "media_data": media_data, | ||
| } | ||
| resp = session.post(upload_url, headers=headers, data=append_data, timeout=180) |
| try: | ||
| finalize_result = json.loads(resp.text) | ||
| except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError): | ||
| finalize_result = {} |
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| @staticmethod | ||
| def _weighted_length(text): | ||
| # type: (str) -> int | ||
| """Return X's weighted character count for a tweet. | ||
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| X counts basic ASCII characters as 1 and most other characters (CJK, | ||
| emoji, etc.) as 2. The standard tweet limit is 280 weighted units; | ||
| anything above must go through the CreateNoteTweet endpoint (X | ||
| Premium long-form post). | ||
| """ | ||
| n = 0 | ||
| for ch in text: | ||
| n += 1 if ord(ch) < 0x80 else 2 | ||
| return n |
| raise MediaUploadError("APPEND failed (HTTP %d): %s" % (resp.status_code, resp.text[:300])) | ||
| logger.info("Media APPEND: segment 0 uploaded") | ||
| if is_video: | ||
| # 视频分多段（4 MB / segment），避免大块 base64 撑爆请求 |
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