New feature: post video

[dragonfly90]

Currently, posting video is not supported by python sdk, but actually you can do it by python. Is it a good idea to add the function in sdks?

[martey]

Sorry I didn't reply earlier to this. This would be a fine feature to add, although you might want to look at previous pull requests to add video posting support in order to avoid their problems.

[alochym01]

is there any documents for upload videos.
i cannot find the examples to do that

[dragonfly90]

You can try the following, I am planning to testify it and submit a function

"""
Originally created by Mitchell Stewart.
Revised by ncsu student
"""
import facebook
import os
import requests
from requests_toolbelt import MultipartEncoder


#get_api connection
def get_api(cfg):
  graph = facebook.GraphAPI(cfg['access_token'])
  resp = graph.get_object('me/accounts')
  page_access_token = None
  for page in resp['data']:
    if page['id'] == cfg['page_id']:
      page_access_token = page['access_token']
  graph = facebook.GraphAPI(page_access_token)
  return graph

#post video
def put_video(video_url, page_id, access_token,description, title):
    video_file_name=title
    local_video_file=video_url
    path = "{0}/videos".format(page_id)
    fb_url = "https://graph-video.facebook.com/{0}?access_token={1}".format(
             path, access_token)
    print fb_url
    # multipart chunked uploads
    m = MultipartEncoder(
        fields={'description': description,
                'title': title,
                'comment':'postvideo',
                'source': (video_file_name, open(local_video_file, 'rb'))}
    )
    r = requests.post(fb_url, headers={'Content-Type': m.content_type}, data=m) 
    if r.status_code == 200:
        j_res = r.json()
        facebook_video_id = j_res.get('id')
        print ("facebook_video_id = {0}".format(facebook_video_id))
    else:
        print ("Facebook upload error: {0}".format(r.text))

def put_unpublishedvideo(video_url, page_id, access_token,description, title):
    video_file_name=title
    local_video_file=video_url
    path = "{0}/videos".format(page_id)
    fb_url = "https://graph-video.facebook.com/{0}?access_token={1}".format(
             path, access_token)
    print fb_url
    # multipart chunked uploads
    m = MultipartEncoder(
        fields={'description': description,
                'title': title,
                'comment':'postvideo',
                'published':'false',
                'source': (video_file_name, open(local_video_file, 'rb'))}
    )
    r = requests.post(fb_url, headers={'Content-Type': m.content_type}, data=m) 
    if r.status_code == 200:
        j_res = r.json()
        facebook_video_id = j_res.get('id')
        print ("facebook_video_id = {0}".format(facebook_video_id))
    else:
        print ("Facebook upload error: {0}".format(r.text))

[alochym01]

Hi dragonfly90

My python requests module:
(python)[hadn@host-10-130-10-36 ~]$ pip list|grep request
requests (2.8.1)
requests-toolbelt (0.6.2)

My video format is in mp4
when i run your solution in python console

there is error 408 Request Timeout at the line "r = requests.post(fb_url, headers={'Content-Type': m.content_type}, data=m)"

multipart chunked uploads

m = MultipartEncoder(
    fields={'description': description,
            'title': title,
            'comment':'postvideo',
            'source': (video_file_name, open(local_video_file, 'rb'))}
)

when not using multipart chunked uploads, it works perfectly

"local_video_file = {'file': open(local_video_file, 'rb')}"
"r = requests.post(fb_url, files=local_video_file)"

is there any requirement to make it work with multipart chunked uploads

@dragonfly90

thank you

[mustafa-qamaruddin]

Is this feature now enabled and merged with master?

[ishandutta2007]

My file is mp4 but I get Unsupported Video Format.

Facebook upload error: {"error":{"message":"The video file you selected is in a format that we don't support.","type":"OAuthException","code":352,"error_subcode":1363024,"is_transient":false,"error_user_title":"Unsupported Video Format","error_user_msg":"The video you're trying to upload is in a format that isn't supported. Please try again with a video in a supported format.","fbtrace_id":"C8krnf+jgyU"}}

[luiscastillocr]

try this:

from facebook import *

class GraphAPIExt(GraphAPI):

    def put_video(self, video=None, video_name=None, album_path="me/videos", **kwargs):
        """
        Upload a video using multipart/form-data.
        video - A file object representing the video to be uploaded.
        album_path - A path representing where the video should be uploaded.
        """

        post_args = {}

        if video and video_name:
            post_args = {
                "source":  (video_name, video)
            }

        post_args.update(kwargs)

        return self.request(
            "{0}/{1}".format(self.version, album_path),
            post_args=post_args,
            method="POST",
        )

read https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/video-uploads/#nonresumable to know about limitations

[alicmp]

When i use the solution @dragonfly90 suggested i get an error:

The video file you selected is in a format that we don't support.

Video is mp4 and its just 2mb.
Any suggestions?

[prashantsengar]

@alicmp keep the title same as the name of the video file

[tokejepsen]

Does anyone know how to embed a video that been uploaded, on a post?

I've managed to upload the video without a story/post being created, but now wanna make a custom post with a message and the video embedded:

r = requests.post(url, files={"file": open("C:/Users/admin/Desktop/test.gif", "rb")}, data={"no_story": "true"})

[tokejepsen]

Does anyone know how to embed a video that been uploaded, on a post?

Ended up using the description field for a message when posting the video:

requests.post(url, files={"file": open("C:/Users/admin/Desktop/test.gif", "rb")}, data={"description": "true"})

[nandandutta]

try this:

from facebook import *

class GraphAPIExt(GraphAPI):

    def put_video(self, video=None, video_name=None, album_path="me/videos", **kwargs):
        """
        Upload a video using multipart/form-data.
        video - A file object representing the video to be uploaded.
        album_path - A path representing where the video should be uploaded.
        """

        post_args = {}

        if video and video_name:
            post_args = {
                "source":  (video_name, video)
            }

        post_args.update(kwargs)

        return self.request(
            "{0}/{1}".format(self.version, album_path),
            post_args=post_args,
            method="POST",
        )

read https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/video-uploads/#nonresumable to know about limitations
tried but not working graph = GraphAPIExt(token)
NameError: name 'GraphAPIExt' is notreturn requests("{0}/{1}".format(version='2.11', album_path="uploads"),post_args=post_args,method="POST")
IndexError: Replacement index 0 out of range for positional args tuple defined

[cattydev]

try this:

from facebook import *

class GraphAPIExt(GraphAPI):

    def put_video(self, video=None, video_name=None, album_path="me/videos", **kwargs):
        """
        Upload a video using multipart/form-data.
        video - A file object representing the video to be uploaded.
        album_path - A path representing where the video should be uploaded.
        """

        post_args = {}

        if video and video_name:
            post_args = {
                "source":  (video_name, video)
            }

        post_args.update(kwargs)

        return self.request(
            "{0}/{1}".format(self.version, album_path),
            post_args=post_args,
            method="POST",
        )

read https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/video-uploads/#nonresumable to know about limitations

thank you it is working

[engineervix]

this is what worked for me

import requests

# Replace these with your Facebook access token and video file path
access_token = 'YOUR-TOKEN'
video_path = 'video.mp4'  # Path to your video file

# Step 1: Upload video
endpoint = f'https://graph-video.facebook.com/v19.0/me/videos?access_token={access_token}'
files = {'file': open(video_path, 'rb')}
response = requests.post(endpoint, files=files)
video_data = response.json()

if 'id' in video_data:
    video_id = video_data['id']
    print("Video uploaded successfully with ID:", video_id)

    # Step 2: Share the video on your Facebook timeline
    graph_endpoint = f'https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/me/feed'
    params = {
        'access_token': access_token,
        'message': 'Check out this fancy video!',
        'link': f'https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v={video_id}'
    }
    response = requests.post(graph_endpoint, params=params)

    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("Video shared on your Facebook timeline successfully!")
    else:
        print("Failed to share the video on your Facebook timeline.")

else:
    print("Failed to upload the video.")