Downloading a remote media file failed.

[abunour22]

Hello,

I've received an error when trying to upload an image from an URL:

    \Codebird\Codebird::setConsumerKey(twitterConsumerKey, twitterConsumerSecret);
    $cb = \Codebird\Codebird::getInstance();
    $cb->setToken($AccessToken, $AccessTokenSecret);

    $reply = $cb->media_upload([
        'media' => $image
    ]);

    $mediaID = $reply->media_id_string;

    $params = [
        'status'    => $message,
        'media_ids' => $mediaID
    ];

    $reply = $cb->statuses_update($params);

But it returns " Downloading a remote media file failed. "

Note: The same URL is used for the Instagram thumbnail and it was published, so I don't think it comes from the image or webserver.

[mynetx]

1. Which URL are you using? 2. Does your webserver firewall allow outgoing connections? 3. Is the URL a redirection?

[mynetx]

Closing due to no further reply.

[RayFlow]

I was having the same problem, apache error log:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Codebird\CodebirdMediaException: Downloading a remote media file failed (... ) /var/www/html/twitter2/codebird/src/codebird.php on line 1891

I was using the absolute path (eg: https://example.com/imagefolder/imagefile.png) at first.

Solution: use the relative path of the image file (eg: ../imagefolder/imagefile.png) // check if and how many folders you need to get out: ../../ or same: ./

[mynetx]

@RayFlow Can you explain this with a complete sample, please? This would help us (and others!) understand your solution better. :)