All Social Media Video Downloader - Apify
  • Introduce
  • How it works
  • Get Download Link
  • Get YouTube Download Link
  • Merge Audio & Video for Instagram/Facebook
  • Proxy
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  • How it works
  • Limits on Method 1
  • Limits on Method 2 (YouTube/Facebook/Instagram)

How it works

Explaining how the API works

How it works

API provides 2 ways to get the download link of the video:

  • Method 1: Get direct link from platform: API will return direct download link from platform

  • Method 2: Download and create link: The tool will download the video and get the sharing link (there will be no download limit like direct download)

Limits on Method 1

This tool will get the direct download link from the platforms and return you the link to download the video.

For some platforms, If you get an error that the download link cannot be accessed

At this point you need to use the proxy that got the download link or a proxy that has the same country as the proxy that got the download link.

When downloading, use a different proxy than the one that got the download link (or a different country proxy) may result in the download link not being accessible.

This warning may or may not occur depending on the time and platform.

Limits on Method 2 (YouTube/Facebook/Instagram)

The tool will support downloading and saving videos, then creating a sharing link for download

You will not be limited in downloading because the file is already downloaded

Why Method 2 only supports downloading YouTube/Facebook/Instagram videos?

Because YouTube/Facebook/Instagram separates Video and Audio, you can use "mergeYoutube or mergeAV" to merge them after downloading, the tool will save the video to your storage and create a download link

You may have to pay more for proxy because of video download (due to video size)

You can use your own proxy to save costs

This feature only works when you have configured the mergeAV or mergeYoutube field

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