Do GIFs come back as GIF files?

No, and that is correct: X stores GIFs as short MP4 clips. You receive a video entry, which is also what you want for sendVideo or a web player.

What about a post with four images?

All four come back as image entries in medias[], in post order. The response shape does not change between one image and several.

Do x.com and twitter.com both work?

Yes, along with the fxtwitter.com and vxtwitter.com mirrors people paste from chat apps. They are normalised before the lookup.

X (Twitter) Video Downloader API

Give it a post URL and get the attached video, GIF or images back as direct URLs. GIFs on X are really short MP4 clips, and that is exactly what you receive — a video entry, not an animated image.

videoimageGET /v1/twitter1.5 credits

Links we accept

Any public post URL on these hosts. Short links and country mirrors are resolved for you.

https://x.com/user/status/123
https://twitter.com/user/status/123

Hosts

twitter.com · x.com · fxtwitter.com · vxtwitter.com

Request

curl -s "https://api.saveapi.org/v1/twitter" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_xxxx" \
  -G --data-urlencode "url=https://x.com/user/status/123"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "twitter",
  "type": "video",
  "medias": [
    { "type": "video", "url": "https://…", "ext": "mp4" },
    { "type": "image", "url": "https://…", "ext": "jpg" }
  ],
  "meta": { "title": "…", "author": "…", "thumbnail": "https://…" },
  "credits": { "spent": 1.5, "remaining": 99988.5 }
}

Questions before you build

Do GIFs come back as GIF files?: No, and that is correct: X stores GIFs as short MP4 clips. You receive a video entry, which is also what you want for sendVideo or a web player.
What about a post with four images?: All four come back as image entries in medias[], in post order. The response shape does not change between one image and several.
Do x.com and twitter.com both work?: Yes, along with the fxtwitter.com and vxtwitter.com mirrors people paste from chat apps. They are normalised before the lookup.