Pythonically tweet an image (fetched from a URL) with your text.

image-tweeter.py

from twitter import *
import requests

"Reference: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/twitter"

t = Twitter(auth=OAuth(
        token,
        token_secret,
        consumer_key,
        consumer_secret
    ))
    
text = "Hello, here is a gif of John Ritter."
pic = "https://media.giphy.com/media/yGlu7x5jfWGZi/giphy.gif"

r = requests.get(pic, stream=True)
if r.status_code == 200:
    r.raw.decode_content = True
    imagedata = r.raw.read()

    t_up = Twitter(domain='upload.twitter.com', auth=OAuth(
        token,
        token_secret,
        consumer_key,
        consumer_secret
    ))
    
    id_img = t_up.media.upload(media=imagedata)["media_id_string"]
    
    t.statuses.update(status=text, media_ids=id_img)