Python3 OAuth 2.0 PKCE with Tweepy: Upload and Tweet an Image using Twitter API v1 w/ X API v2.

xwitter.py

## Python3 OAuth 2.0 PKCE with Tweepy: Upload and Tweet an Image using Twitter API v1 w/ X API v2.
# This script uploads an image using the old Twitter API v1, retrieves the media URL, and then tweets it using the new X API v2. (Yes, currently, this is the easiest way to accomplish this).
# Author: [email protected]
import tweepy, sys

if len(sys.argv) < 3:
    print("Usage: python3 script.py <file_path> <long_text>")
    sys.exit(1)

file_path = sys.argv[2]
long_text = sys.argv[1]

print(f"File path: {file_path}")
print(f"Long text: {long_text}")

api_key = "YOURAPIKEY"
api_secret = "YOURAPISECRET"

access_token = "xxxxxx-YOURACCTOKEN"
access_token_secret = "ACCTOKENSECRET"

def get_twitter_conn_v1(api_key, api_secret, access_token, access_token_secret) -> tweepy.API:
    auth = tweepy.OAuth1UserHandler(api_key, api_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(
        access_token,
        access_token_secret,
    )
    return tweepy.API(auth)

def get_twitter_conn_v2(api_key, api_secret, access_token, access_token_secret) -> tweepy.Client:
    client = tweepy.Client(
        consumer_key=api_key,
        consumer_secret=api_secret,
        access_token=access_token,
        access_token_secret=access_token_secret,
    )

    return client

client_v1 = get_twitter_conn_v1(api_key, api_secret, access_token, access_token_secret)
client_v2 = get_twitter_conn_v2(api_key, api_secret, access_token, access_token_secret)

media_path = file_path
media = client_v1.media_upload(filename=media_path)
media_id = media.media_id

client_v2.create_tweet(text=long_text, media_ids=[media_id])