Is there a way to post an image from a url?

[xjxckk]

Which example file are you using?

• upload_photo.py

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Describe your Question/Issue:

Is there a way to post an image from a url? I tried using bot.upload_photo() and got an error.

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Code you are using:

from instabot import Bot

bot = Bot()
bot.login()

bot.upload_photo("https://i.imgur.com/HXHJL5s.jpg", caption="Test")

Error/Debug Log:

OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'https://i.redd.it/ymy6zh4z8ac41.jpg'
2020-01-22 14:33:19,076 - INFO - Total requests: 21

[duplicate-issues]

Hey @xjxckk,

We did a quick check and this issue looks very darn similar to

• #1249 - How to send automatic dm with images to New followers
• #1248 - [BUG] welcome_message.py <Response [200]>
• #1245 - [BUG] SyntaxError: invalid syntax

This could be a coincidence, but if any of these issues solves your problem then I did a good job 😄

If not, the maintainers will get to this issue shortly.

Cheers,
Your Friendly Neighborhood ProBot

[bruvv]

No. At this moment it only is able to upload photos and not download other photos and upload them

[xjxckk]

Ah ok, thanks.

Do you know of any way to do this with another library?

[bruvv]

you can add a PR to our branch ;)