MediaDownloader-API

This is a list of APIs to download videos from various platforms. You can use a publicly hosted version of the API at https://media-downloader.online/

Supported Platforms

• YouTube
• Instagram

How to build

First install the dependence by running:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then just run the application by:

python app.py  

Using the API

Routes

GET

Index route / to check the server health

POST

/Download to download a YouTube or Instagram video

Payload structure:

{
    "url":,             # The url for the video to download
    "ext":,             # (OPTIONAL) The desired file extension (default: mp4) 
    "audio_only":       # Boolean value for downloading audio only or with the video
}

Future Work

• Support TikTok
• Support X (Formerly Twitter)
• Support Reddit
• Support Spotify
• Make a Telegram bot
• Replace spaces in file names with underscores
• Download by searching for a video
• Download video with no audio
• Implement resolution for caching
• Download playlists
• Create an interface

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Credits

• For YouTube: pytube
• For Instagram: instaloader