How to handle relative paths doesn't work for video_upload method but work in photo_upload using instagrapi on Python?

[geraldabrhm]

I use Python 3.11 and instagrapi package to upload photos and videos.

Here are the snippets of the method that I create to do the content upload (instagram.py):

def make_instagram_content(request) -> ResponseJSON:
     try:
         os.environ["IMAGEIO_FFMPEG_EXE"] = "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"
         if(request['image_path'] == None or request['caption'] == None or request['media_type'] == None):
             return {
                 "success": False,
                 "message": "Image path or caption is empty",
                 "data": None,
             }
         
         client: Client = login_user()
         
         if(request['media_type'] == 'photo'):
             media = client.photo_upload('./src/assets/images/square.jpg', 'test 101')
         elif(request['media_type'] == 'video'):
             media = client.video_upload('./src/assets/videos/golf.mp4', 'test 101')
         else:
             return {
                 "success": False,
                 "message": "Invalid media type",
                 "data": None,
             }
             
         print(media)
         
         return {
             "success": True,
             "message": "Success post content to Instagram",
             "data": None,
         }
     except Exception as e:
         return {
             "success": False,
             "message": "Failed post content to Instagram: " + repr(e),
             "data": None,
         }

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And here are my directory structure:

- src/
    - assets/
        - images/
            - square.jpg
        - videos
            - golf.mp4
    - services/
        - instagram.py

When I run the script with request['media_type'] value is photo, it works properly (the photo being posted and the methods return {"success": True, ...}).

But when I do it with request['media_type'] value is video, it jumps to the catch exception and returns the error FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory')".

I even try to input the absolute path as the Path params in client.video_upload() method but it doesn't work either. How to fix this problem and input the proper file path in the client.video_upload()?

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Notes:

1. I have to make sure that the file format is correct as mentioned in the documentation.

2. I have also tried using an absolute path but it doesn't work either. I have also tried to use the Path type rather than the string one by doing this:

absPath = os.path.abspath(f"./src/assets/videos/golf.mp4",)
pathType = Path(absPath)
    
media = client.video_upload(path=pathType, caption='test 101')
# media = client.video_upload(path=absPath, caption='test 101') # Tried this too

[adw0rd]

Look carefully at your traceback and where the FileNotFoundError exception appears, print the resulting path and check that the file exists on this path. This is definitely not an instagrapi problem, you just made a mistake somewhere and you should do what I suggested above