# Universal Video Downloader (`moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-58`) Actor Universal Video Downloader — Apify Actor Download videos, extract audio, and scrape metadata from 1800+ websites. Supported Sites YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, Bluesky, Bilibili, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, BBC, CNN, and 1800+ more. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/my-actor-58.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Universal Video Downloader — Apify Actor Download videos, extract audio, and scrape metadata from **1800+ websites** using [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp). ### Supported Sites YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, Bluesky, Bilibili, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, BBC, CNN, and [1800+ more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md). ### Features - **9 download modes**: best quality, 720p/480p/360p, MP3, FLAC, with subtitles, with metadata, or thumbnail-only - **Metadata scraping**: title, uploader, views, likes, duration, description, tags, chapters, available formats, subtitles, and thumbnails - **File storage**: downloaded files are saved to Apify Key-Value Store with public URLs - **Concurrency**: process multiple URLs in parallel - **Retries**: automatic retry on failure with configurable attempts - **Proxy support**: use Apify proxy or custom proxies for geo-restricted content - **Cookie support**: pass browser cookies as JSON for login-gated content (Instagram, Facebook, etc.) ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `urls` | array | *required* | List of video URLs to process | | `mode` | string | `metadata` | Download mode (see below) | | `subtitleLanguages` | string | `en` | Comma-separated language codes | | `maxFileSize` | integer | `500` | Skip files larger than this (MB), 0 = no limit | | `maxConcurrency` | integer | `3` | Parallel downloads (1-10) | | `maxRetries` | integer | `2` | Retry attempts per URL | | `cookies` | string | — | Browser cookies as JSON array | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | — | Apify or custom proxy config | #### Download Modes | Mode | Output | |------|--------| | `metadata` | Metadata only, no file download | | `best_video` | Best quality MP4 | | `video_720p` | 720p MP4 | | `video_480p` | 480p MP4 | | `video_360p` | 360p MP4 | | `audio_mp3` | Audio extracted as MP3 (192kbps) | | `audio_flac` | Audio extracted as FLAC (lossless) | | `video_with_subs` | Best video with embedded subtitles | | `video_with_metadata` | Best video with embedded metadata & thumbnail | | `thumbnail` | Thumbnail image only | ### Example Input ```json { "urls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/1234567890", "https://x.com/user/status/1234567890" ], "mode": "audio_mp3", "maxConcurrency": 3, "maxRetries": 2, "maxFileSize": 200 } ```` ### Example Output Each URL produces one item in the dataset: ```json { "input_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "mode": "audio_mp3", "status": "success", "error": null, "processing_time_seconds": 12.34, "scraped_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z", "attempt": 1, "metadata": { "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up", "uploader": "Rick Astley", "duration": 212, "duration_string": "3:32", "view_count": 1500000000, "like_count": 15000000, "upload_date": "20091025", "description": "...", "categories": ["Music"], "tags": ["rick astley", "never gonna give you up"], "extractor": "youtube", "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg", "format_count": 22, "formats": [...], "subtitles_available": {"en": ["vtt", "srv3"]}, "chapters": [] }, "download": [ { "filename": "dQw4w9WgXcQ.mp3", "kv_key": "Rick_Astley___Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up_dQw4w9WgXcQ.mp3", "public_url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../records/...", "size_bytes": 5120000, "size_mb": 4.88, "content_type": "audio/mpeg", "skipped": false } ] } ``` ### Using Cookies for Login-Gated Content For sites like Instagram or Facebook, export your cookies from a browser extension (e.g., "Get cookies.txt") and pass them as a JSON array: ```json { "urls": ["https://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123/"], "mode": "best_video", "cookies": "[{\"domain\":\".instagram.com\",\"name\":\"sessionid\",\"value\":\"...\",\"path\":\"/\",\"secure\":true}]" } ``` ### API Usage Call this actor via the Apify API: ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN") run = client.actor("YOUR_ACTOR_ID").call(run_input={ "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"], "mode": "audio_mp3", }) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item["metadata"]["title"]) if item.get("download"): print(item["download"][0]["public_url"]) ``` ### Notes - Downloaded files are stored in the actor's default Key-Value Store and accessible via public URLs - The actor requires `ffmpeg` (included in the Docker image) for audio extraction and format merging - Not all 1800+ sites are guaranteed to work — websites change frequently - Respect copyright laws and terms of service when downloading content # Actor input Schema ## `urls` (type: `array`): List of video URLs to process. Supports 1800+ sites: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc. ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to extract from each URL. ## `subtitleLanguages` (type: `string`): Comma-separated language codes for subtitles (e.g. 'en,es,fr'). Used when mode is 'video\_with\_subs'. ## `maxFileSize` (type: `integer`): Skip files larger than this (in MB). Set 0 for no limit. Files are stored in Apify Key-Value Store. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy to use for geo-restricted content. ## `memoryMbytes` (type: `integer`): Actor memory allocation in MB. 512 for metadata-only, 1024 for audio, 2048 for standard video, 4096+ for HD/playlists. ## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): Max run time in seconds. 0 = no timeout. Set higher for large playlists or slow sites. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): How many videos to process simultaneously. ## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`): Number of retry attempts per URL on failure. ## `cookies` (type: `string`): Optional cookies as JSON array (Netscape format) for login-gated content. Export from browser using a cookie extension. ## Actor input object example ```json { "urls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" ], "mode": "metadata", "subtitleLanguages": "en", "maxFileSize": 500, "memoryMbytes": 4096, "timeoutSecs": 3600, "maxConcurrency": 3, "maxRetries": 2 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "urls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-58").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-58").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "urls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" ] }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-58 --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-58", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Universal Video Downloader", "description": "Universal Video Downloader — Apify Actor\nDownload videos, extract audio, and scrape metadata from 1800+ websites.\n\nSupported Sites\nYouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, Bluesky, Bilibili, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, BBC, CNN, and 1800+ more.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "qGyBTUTyTx1HevO4Q" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~my-actor-58/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-my-actor-58", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~my-actor-58/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-my-actor-58", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~my-actor-58/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-my-actor-58", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "urls" ], "properties": { "urls": { "title": "Video URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of video URLs to process. Supports 1800+ sites: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "mode": { "title": "Download Mode", "enum": [ "metadata", "best_video", "video_720p", "video_480p", "video_360p", "audio_mp3", "audio_flac", "video_with_subs", "video_with_metadata", "thumbnail" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to extract from each URL.", "default": "metadata" }, "subtitleLanguages": { "title": "Subtitle Languages", "type": "string", "description": "Comma-separated language codes for subtitles (e.g. 'en,es,fr'). Used when mode is 'video_with_subs'.", "default": "en" }, "maxFileSize": { "title": "Max File Size (MB)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Skip files larger than this (in MB). Set 0 for no limit. Files are stored in Apify Key-Value Store.", "default": 500 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy to use for geo-restricted content." }, "memoryMbytes": { "title": "Memory (MB)", "minimum": 256, "maximum": 32768, "type": "integer", "description": "Actor memory allocation in MB. 512 for metadata-only, 1024 for audio, 2048 for standard video, 4096+ for HD/playlists.", "default": 4096 }, "timeoutSecs": { "title": "Timeout (seconds)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 86400, "type": "integer", "description": "Max run time in seconds. 0 = no timeout. Set higher for large playlists or slow sites.", "default": 3600 }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "How many videos to process simultaneously.", "default": 3 }, "maxRetries": { "title": "Max Retries", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of retry attempts per URL on failure.", "default": 2 }, "cookies": { "title": "Cookies (JSON)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional cookies as JSON array (Netscape format) for login-gated content. Export from browser using a cookie extension." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```