twitter_update_with_media.js

// adapted from https://gist.github.com/adaline/7363853 which read the image from a file
// modified to support posting to twitter update_with_media - with image from s3 rather than a
// local file.

(function() {
  var fs, path, request, twitter_update_with_media;
 
  fs = require('fs');
 
  path = require('path');
 
  request = require('request');
 
 
  twitter_update_with_media = (function() {
    function twitter_update_with_media(auth_settings) {
      this.auth_settings = auth_settings;
      this.api_url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update_with_media.json';
    }
 
    twitter_update_with_media.prototype.post = function(status, imageUrl, callback) {
      var form, r;
      r = request.post(this.api_url, {
        oauth: this.auth_settings
      }, callback);
      form = r.form();
      form.append('status', status);
      return form.append('media[]', request(imageUrl));
    };
 
    return twitter_update_with_media;
 
  })();
 
  module.exports = twitter_update_with_media;
 
}).call(this);

usage.js

var twitter_update_with_media = require('twitter_update_with_media');
 
var tuwm = new twitter_update_with_media({
  consumer_key: '...',
  consumer_secret: '...',
  token: '...',
  token_secret: '...'
});
 
tuwm.post('This is a test', 'http://imageurl.com/image.png', function(err, response) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
  console.log(response);
});

Found issues when uploading some image urls

1. Error : "500 Connection refused"
   image url : http://motherboard-images.vice.com/content-images/article/14404/140775769503065.jpg?crop=0.6642984014209592xw:1xh;*,*&resize=500:*&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=90
2. Error: "189 Error creating status."
   image url : http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/970x450/getty_492792477_50539.jpg