perl twitter api

danny0085 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I try to update profiles picturs with perl twitter api

my $result = $nt->update_profile_image('tux.png');

but I get
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden There was a problem with your picture. Probably too big.

I tried with several images and the same result
PD: I also tried with a tiny image (<1kb) and the same. Maybe I am sending bad the parameters?

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Re: perl twitter api by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 26, 2012 at 06:09 UTC
There was a problem with your picture. Probably too big. Start by reading the error message. Try uploading a very tiny image, like the one generated by this script: `#!/usr/bin/perl -w use MIME::Base64; open OUT,'>','tiny.gif' or die "ooops: $!"; binmode OUT; print OUT decode_base64('R0lGODlhAQABAPABAIor4v///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABA +AEAAAICRAEAOw=='); close OUT;` [download] Read the API rules. Perhaps you have hit a usage limit. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: perl twitter api by Anonymous Monk on Apr 26, 2012 at 06:10 UTC
Twitter api?	[reply]
Re^2: perl twitter api by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 26, 2012 at 06:24 UTC
Given the method name `update_profile_image` and the variable name `$nt`, my guess is Net::Twitter, which seems to use the REST API documented at https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api. The function for updating the profile image and especially the image constraints are documented at https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/account/update_profile_image. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]