How to post text with media for tweepy and the new API v2?

Question

Recently, the twitter developer API has not shown an option to apply for Elevated Access. This means I am stuck with the free version of API v2. Now, I am trying to post a tweet with some text as well as an image. There is a parameter in create_tweet() called media_ids, but the problem is that there is no media_upload() for me to get a media id. I assume this is due to API changes, more specifically, the deprecation of Elevated Access. How would I be able to post text and an image form a path? Here is my Python code:

import tweepy
import keys # This is my python script that contains my dev keys.

client = tweepy.Client(consumer_key=keys.api_key,
                       consumer_secret=keys.api_secret,
                       access_token=keys.access_token,
                       access_token_secret=keys.access_token_secret,
                       bearer_token=keys.bearer_key)

def tweet(client: tweepy.Client, message: str, media_path=None):
    client.create_tweet(text=message) 
    # How would I upload media ^^^ here from a path in the current directory?
    print("Tweet tweet!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    my_message = "I love cats and dogs!"
    tweet(client=client, message=my_message, media_path="pets.png")

PS: I am using the latest version of tweepy and python3 respectably.

I looked online to see if there were any problems with applying for Elevated Access, or if it was just something on my end. I could not find anything substantive enough, so I came here.

Answer 1

I found this code earlier today from another user. Works perfectly for me

import tweepy
from tweepy import API

consumer_key = ""
consumer_secret = ""
access_token = ""
access_token_secret = ""


def get_twitter_conn_v1(api_key, api_secret, access_token, access_token_secret) -> tweepy.API:
    """Get twitter conn 1.1"""

    auth = tweepy.OAuth1UserHandler(api_key, api_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(
        access_token,
        access_token_secret,
    )
    return tweepy.API(auth)

def get_twitter_conn_v2(api_key, api_secret, access_token, access_token_secret) -> tweepy.Client:
    """Get twitter conn 2.0"""

    client = tweepy.Client(
        consumer_key=api_key,
        consumer_secret=api_secret,
        access_token=access_token,
        access_token_secret=access_token_secret,
    )

    return client

client_v1 = get_twitter_conn_v1(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_token_secret)
client_v2 = get_twitter_conn_v2(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_token_secret)


media_path = "C:\\YourPath"

media = client_v1.media_upload(filename=media_path)
media_id = media.media_id

client_v2.create_tweet(text="This is a test", media_ids=[media_id])