Twitter Video Downloader

How to download a video from X in three steps

1. On the post, tap Share → Copy link. Links from x.com, twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com, fxtwitter and vxtwitter all work, and so does a bare post ID.
2. Paste it above and press Get media.
3. Pick a quality. Best quality is the highest bitrate X has; the smaller versions are useful on mobile data or for chat apps with upload limits.

What you actually get: X's quality ladder

When a video is uploaded, X encodes it into several MP4 versions at different resolutions and bitrates. It also creates an HLS playlist (.m3u8) for streaming, which isn't a downloadable file, so the tool leaves it out. Most downloaders hand you a single link; this one lists every MP4 version so you can choose size against sharpness. A typical portrait clip, taken from a real response:

Size ≈ bitrate × duration ÷ 8 (audio adds a little). How many versions you see depends on the upload: longer and higher-resolution videos usually come with more of them.

GIFs and images

GIFs are stored by X as silent, looping MP4 files, typically a single version at the original size. The tool gives you that MP4. It looks identical and is far smaller than a real .gif. More on this in how to save a GIF from Twitter.

Photos come at original resolution. X serves a compressed preview by default; the download link asks its image server for ?name=orig, the full-size file. Posts with up to four photos list each one. See also downloading pictures from Twitter.

Downloading media from many posts: use the API

The free tool is for a handful of posts a day. For archiving a campaign, building a dataset or monitoring accounts, fetch posts in batches and read the media fields yourself. The /twitter/tweets endpoint takes many post IDs per call and returns each post's extendedEntities.media with the same MP4 variants:

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter/tweets",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"tweet_ids": "2107080835631555030,2102250034217578667"},
    timeout=20,
)
for t in r.json().get("tweets", []):
    for m in (t.get("extendedEntities") or {}).get("media", []):
        mp4s = [v for v in m.get("video_info", {}).get("variants", [])
                if v.get("content_type") == "video/mp4"]
        best = max(mp4s, key=lambda v: v.get("bitrate", 0), default=None)
        url = best["url"] if best else m["media_url_https"] + "?name=orig"
        print(t["id"], m["type"], url)

Cost for 10,000 posts: $1.50 on TwitterAPI.io at $0.15 per 1,000 posts (pricing), against $50 on X's pay-per-use API at $0.005 per post read (docs.x.com, prices subject to change), about 33× more.

Questions

Why does the video open in a new tab instead of downloading?

The file comes straight from X's own media server (video.twimg.com), and browsers don't force a download for files on another domain. Right-click the playing video and choose Save video as…, or on a phone long-press it and choose Download.

Can I download videos from private (protected) accounts?

No. The tool only reads public posts. Protected or deleted posts return a not-found message.

Why is my GIF an MP4 file?

X converts every uploaded GIF into a looping MP4 video. That MP4 is the only copy X stores, so it's what you get. It's usually much smaller than the GIF was; convert it back with any video-to-GIF tool if you need the .gif format.

Is it legal to download videos from X?

Saving a public post for personal reference is generally tolerated, but the video still belongs to whoever made it. Re-uploading or using it commercially needs the owner's permission. Only download media you own or have the right to use.

How many downloads can I do?

20 posts per day without an account, 100 per day if you sign in with Google. For bulk downloads, use the API described below.