# Snapchat Video Downloader (`easyapi/snapchat-video-downloader`) Actor

Download videos from Snapchat stories and posts with ease. This Actor helps you extract high-quality videos along with metadata from Snapchat URLs. Perfect for content creators, social media managers, and anyone looking to save Snapchat content. 🎥✨

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/snapchat-video-downloader.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 362 total users, 25 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 4.68 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Snapchat Video Downloader 📱

A powerful Actor that helps you download videos from Snapchat stories and posts. Simply input the Snapchat video URLs, and get high-quality downloadable video files along with metadata. 🎥

### Features ✨

- Download videos from Snapchat stories and public posts
- Support batch processing of multiple URLs
- Extract video metadata including title and thumbnail
- Get highest quality video downloads
- Retrieve source information and media details
- Rate-limit friendly with built-in delays
- Error handling and detailed logging

### Use Cases 🎯

- Content creators collecting Snapchat videos
- Social media managers archiving content
- Researchers collecting social media data
- Digital marketers analyzing viral content
- Personal backup of favorite Snapchat stories

### Output 📊

For each processed URL, the Actor provides:

- Original URL
- Video title and thumbnail
- Direct download links for videos
- Video quality information
- Media type and format
- Error status (if any)

### Tips 💡

- Make sure to input valid Snapchat video URLs
- The Actor respects rate limits to ensure reliable operation
- Processing time may vary based on the number of URLs
- All downloads are in the highest available quality

### Input 📝

The Actor accepts an array of Snapchat video URLs. You can input multiple URLs to process them in batch.

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```
{
    "links": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYcnp5bnpibGtmAZMAEMHRAZMADIpLAAAAAQ"
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```
[
	{
		"url": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYcnp5bnpibGtmAZMAEMHRAZMADIpLAAAAAQ",
		"source": "snapchat",
		"author": "ishowspeed.fp1",
		"title": "Another Spotlight Snap brought to you by Snapchat",
		"thumbnail": "https://bolt-gcdn.sc-cdn.net/x/shkCNBpRe39Bxasf99Gub.256.IRZXSOY?mo=GkcaDRoAGgAyAXdIAlAuYAFaEERmTGFyZ2VUaHVtYm5haWyiARAIgAIiCxIAKgdJUlpYU09ZogEQCJoKIgsSACoHSVJaWFNPWQ%3D%3D&uc=46",
		"duration": "19900",
		"medias": [
			{
				"url": "https://bolt-gcdn.sc-cdn.net/x/shkCNBpRe39Bxasf99Gub.27.IRZXSOY?mo=Gm8aDRoAGgAyAXdIAlAuYAFaEFNwb3RsaWdodFNoYXJpbmeiAUYIGxI1CjMgAUotCiiaAVZYTVJQS0hUTUNAQ0M7PWM5NTw1R0U7QT4_OT1GPEhYcmZnamxwEPQDaAIiCxIAKgdJUlpYU09ZkAO8mwE%3D&uc=46",
				"quality": "hd",
				"extension": "mp4",
				"type": "video"
			}
		],
		"type": "single",
		"error": false
	},
    ...
]
```

# Actor input Schema

## `links` (type: `array`):

List of Snapchat video URLs to process

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optionally, use Apify Proxy or custom HTTP proxy to avoid IP address-based blocking.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "links": [
    "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYcnp5bnpibGtmAZMAEMHRAZMADIpLAAAAAQ"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/snapchat-video-downloader").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/snapchat-video-downloader").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/snapchat-video-downloader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/snapchat-video-downloader"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4RYTLeV6RFCTXNQKI/builds/cLoG1COJFJykKIiDN/openapi.json