Why twitter api request get Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)?

Question

I got the below error when using a Twitter API request to change PFP:

'Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)'

And this for the Code

picture = [f for f in os.listdir("pfp/") if isfile(join("pfp/", f))]
random_picture = random.choice(picture)

with open(f'pfp/{random_picture}', "rb") as image_file:
encoded_string = base64.b64encode(image_file.read())

cookies = {
            'auth_token': x
        }
headers = {'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'}
params = f"image=data:image/png;base64,{(encoded_string.decode('utf-8'))}"

response = requests.post('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/update_profile_image.json', 
cookies=cookies, params=params, headers=headers, proxies=proxies)

is the my code wrong ?

Any help is appreciated.

Asked By: nicvaldy

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Answer 1

Thing which you need to provide:

method: POST
url: https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/update_profile_image.json
parameter as encoded url-safe Base64 (so for example + should be changed to %20) for example: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAAECAIAAAAmkwkpAAAACXBIWXMAABwgAAAcIAHND5ueAAAAJklEQVQImWMQibsx73%20NSNyNGyIiDBAWhGSAs%20b9r2G4ISIC5wMAg%20IY55xszl4AAAAASUVORK5CYII%3D
header to authorise user: auth_token: 1610678221XXX-ab5sYYYYY
headers to authorise application (for OAuth 1.0 HMAC-SHA1)

Authorization headers – `RFC 5849: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol`

How to build it, check here:

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5849#section-3.5.1

or here:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/67668940/5529263

For python you can use Requests-OAuthlib library

Example of code:

import requests

image = "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAAECAIAAAAmkwkpAAAACXBIWXMAABwgAAAcIAHND5ueAAAAJklEQVQImWMQibsx73%20NSNyNGyIiDBAWhGSAs%20b9r2G4ISIC5wMAg%20IY55xszl4AAAAASUVORK5CYII%3D"

url = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/update_profile_image.json?image=" + image

headers = {
    'auth_token': '12341234512345234512345-abcedfghijklm',
    'Authorization': 'OAuth '
                     'oauth_consumer_key="ABCD1234ABCD1234ABCD1234",'
                     'oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",'
                     'oauth_timestamp="1234567890",'
                     'oauth_nonce="MNOPRST0987MN",'
                     'oauth_version="1.0",'
                     'oauth_signature="ABCDEFGHIJ1234ABCDEFGHIJ"',
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data={})

print(response.text)

After sending correct request you can receive response with code 403

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "message": "You currently have Essential access which includes access to Twitter API v2 endpoints only. If you need access to this endpoint, you’ll need to apply for Elevated access via the Developer Portal. You can learn more here: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/getting-started/about-twitter-api#v2-access-leve",
            "code": 453
        }
    ]
}

so it means you need to apply for Elevated access, here you have more information:
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/getting-started/about-twitter-api#v2-access-level

Answered By: Boken

Why twitter api request get Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)?

Question:

Answers:

Thing which you need to provide:

Authorization headers – `RFC 5849: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol`

Example of code:

Why twitter api request get Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)?

Question:

Answers:

Thing which you need to provide:

Authorization headers – RFC 5849: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol

Example of code:

Authorization headers – `RFC 5849: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol`