The documentation for api.update_status() is incorrect for the media_ids parameter.

[mattccrampton]

The documentation for api.update_status() is incorrect for the media_ids parameter...

http://docs.tweepy.org/en/latest/api.html#API.update_status

The documentation states...

media_ids – A comma-delimited list of media_ids to associate with the Tweet

But it should state...

media_ids – A list of media_ids to associate with the Tweet

The tweepy code is taking a native python list and converting it to a CSV string internally, and throws an error if it received a value that is not a list.

Doesn't work...

media = api.media_upload("william_gibson.jpg")
tweet = "Great scifi author or greatest scifi author? #williamgibson"
post_result = api.update_status(status=tweet, media_ids=media.media_id)

Does work...

media = api.media_upload("william_gibson.jpg")
tweet = "Great scifi author or greatest scifi author? #williamgibson"
post_result = api.update_status(status=tweet, media_ids=[media.media_id])

I can make a pull request to fix the issue if that's helpful.

[mattccrampton]

Thanks

[jonevanmoore]

Is there a way to make this work with posting videos?

[Harmon758]

@jonevanmoore See #640.