diff --git a/src/TwitterOAuth.php b/src/TwitterOAuth.php
index 37114c5b..f51cea88 100644
--- a/src/TwitterOAuth.php
+++ b/src/TwitterOAuth.php
@@ -421,9 +421,11 @@ private function mediaInitParameters(array $parameters): array
             'media_category',
             'shared',
         ];
+        $file_headers = get_headers($parameters['media'], true);
+        $size = isset($file_headers['Content-Length'])?(int) $file_headers['Content-Length']:0;
         $base = [
             'command' => 'INIT',
-            'total_bytes' => filesize($parameters['media']),
+            'total_bytes' => $size,
         ];
         $allowed_parameters = array_intersect_key(
             $parameters,
@@ -799,4 +801,9 @@ private function setPostfieldsOptions(
 
         return $options;
     }
+    
+    public function img($url, $parameters = array()) {
+        $response = $this->oAuthRequest($url, 'GET', $parameters);
+        return $response;
+    }
 }