Welcome to twt-dl-cli 👋

Download videos and photos from Twitter/X tweet URLs with the CLI.

Inspired by egoist/download-twitter-video: The easiest way to download any Twitter video.

Install

npm install -g twt-dl-cli@latest

Built with

• jellydn/typescript-starter: Typescript starter project
• privatenumber/cleye: 👁‍🗨 cleye — The intuitive & typed CLI development tool for Node.js
• kevva/download: Download and extract files
• sindresorhus/ora: Elegant terminal spinner
• And ChatGPT :)

Usage

npx twt-dl-cli@latest --help

Example:

npx twt-dl-cli@latest https://twitter.com/mattpocockuk/status/1592130978234900484

Download a Thread (Multiple URLs):

Pass multiple URLs to download videos/photos from several tweets. For a thread, supply each tweet URL; the CLI does not discover thread replies automatically.

npx twt-dl-cli@latest https://twitter.com/user/status/123 https://twitter.com/user/status/456

If a URL fails, the CLI reports it and continues with later URLs. The final exit code is 1 if any URL fails, or 0 if all URLs succeed. A tweet with no media is not a failure.

Library API

downloadVideo(url) now returns Promise<string[]>, not a single URL or undefined. It returns all media URLs for one tweet, or an empty array when the tweet has no media.

downloadFile(mediaUrl, outputFile?) returns Promise<WriteStream> only after the file finishes writing. It rejects on download or write errors. Without outputFile, it uses a unique filename in the current directory. An explicit output path is preserved and overwrites an existing file.

Author

👤 Huynh Duc Dung

• Website: https://productsway.com/
• Twitter: @jellydn
• Github: @jellydn

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Contributors ✨

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Dung Duc Huynh (Kaka) 💻 📖

yetone 💻

Andrés Ujpán 💻 📖

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