The test we use for this method is to use curl: curl -F '[EMAIL PROTECTED]/to/test/image.jpg' -u USERNAME:PASSWORD http://twitter.com/account/update_profile_image.xml
If you use an HTTP proxy, you can see it generating the appropriate request and response. On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 00:09, Lien Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been trying to update my profile image using the account method > update_profile_image. However, the server keeps returning the error > "There was a problem with your picture. Probably too big." The photo > I am trying to upload is a jpg less than 700 kilobytes in size. Below > is the request body and request response. > > Request body: > POST /account/update_profile_image.xml HTTP/1.1 > Authorization: Basic <encoded credentials here> > User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1 > Host: twitter.com > Content-Length: 71440 > Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=tUGDGHg6- > mbUEjVXYFhFWeb_NFmBUxiXOK > > --tUGDGHg6-mbUEjVXYFhFWeb_NFmBUxiXOK > Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Sunset.jpg"; > filename="Sunset.jpg" > Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary > > <binary data here> > > --tUGDGHg6-mbUEjVXYFhFWeb_NFmBUxiXOK-- > > > Response body: > HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden > Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:59:53 GMT > Server: hi > Last-Modified: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:59:53 GMT > Status: 403 Forbidden > Pragma: no-cache > Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, pre-check=0, post- > check=0 > Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8 > Content-Length: 183 > Expires: Tue, 31 Mar 1981 05:00:00 GMT > Set-Cookie: > _twitter_sess=BAh7BzoHaWQiJWRhOWNmNjI1MGM5MjRmYWIwOGEzOGQwNTQyYzNmZTNjIgpm > %250AbGFzaElDOidBY3Rpb25Db250cm9sbGVyOjpGbGFzaDo6Rmxhc2hIYXNoewAG > %250AOgpAdXNlZHsA--d9fe4dcadf2064553d3371c9fe767ff009f20c21; > domain=.twitter.com; path=/ > Vary: Accept-Encoding > Connection: close > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <hash> > <request>/account/update_profile_image.xml</request> > <error>There was a problem with your picture. Probably too big.</ > error> > </hash> > > Does the request body look correct? Does anyone have a sample of what > the request body should look like if this is not correct? > > Thanks. > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
