RedGifs Video Downloader

RedGifs Video Downloader

RedGifs Video Downloader turns RedGifs watch links, video IDs, creator profiles, and search terms into direct MP4 download links in HD, SD, and silent quality, with tags, duration, resolution, views, likes, and creator info for every video.

Paste watch URLs, iframe URLs, media links, or raw IDs, add a creator profile to grab all of its public videos, or search a term to collect up to 10,000 matching videos in one run, each with every available MP4 format and a plain-English note on which quality was picked.

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Use Apify Actor parsebird/redgifs-video-downloader to get direct MP4 download links and metadata for RedGifs videos. Example with ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/redgifs-video-downloader").call(run_input={"targets":["https://www.redgifs.com/watch/seashellverifiablenorwaylobster","welllitfavorablefulmar"],"searchQuery":"funny","preferredQuality":"best","maxItems":10}). Inputs: targets array of strings optional (RedGifs watch URL, ifr iframe URL, media.redgifs.com MP4 link, raw video ID, or user profile URL https://www.redgifs.com/users/<name> to expand to that creator's public videos); searchQuery string optional (one search term per run, up to 10,000 results); searchOrder string default "trending" (trending, latest, top, top7, top28); verifiedOnly boolean default false (search results from verified creators only); preferredQuality string default "best" (best, hd, sd, silent; falls back to the next available format); maxItems integer optional, total saved videos across all sources, empty = no limit. At least one target or a searchQuery is required. Output: one dataset row per unique video with rowOrigin (directTarget, userProfile, search), input, searchQuery, id, canonicalUrl, sourceUrl, title, description, durationSeconds, width, height, hasAudio, tags, niches, sexuality, thumbnailUrl, posterUrl, selectedQuality, selectedQualityReason, downloadUrl, availableFormats [{quality, url, mimeType}], userName, verified, views, likes, published, createdAt. Price: $7.99 per 1,000 videos on the Free plan. API docs: https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/ and https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/. Token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations.

What is RedGifs Video Downloader?

RedGifs Video Downloader is a bulk RedGifs downloader and RedGifs API alternative that gives you a direct MP4 link for every video you point it at. You don't need a RedGifs account, API key, or browser extension. Paste a link such as https://www.redgifs.com/watch/seashellverifiablenorwaylobster, a bare ID such as welllitfavorablefulmar, a creator profile, or a search term, and the actor returns one row per video.

The easiest way to try it is to open the actor, keep the prefilled input (two videos plus the search term funny, capped at 10 results), and click Start. The run finishes in a few seconds.

RedGifs hosts adult content. Use this actor only if you are 18 or older and allowed to access such content where you live.

What can RedGifs Video Downloader do?

• 🎬 Download RedGifs videos by link or ID. Watch URLs (/watch/<id>), iframe URLs (/ifr/<id>), media.redgifs.com MP4 or thumbnail links, v3.redgifs.com links, and raw IDs all work. IDs are matched without regard to case, and duplicate rows are skipped.
• 👤 Download all videos from a RedGifs user. Add https://www.redgifs.com/users/<name> to Targets to get that creator's public videos, newest first.
• 🔎 Search RedGifs by keyword with Trending, Latest, Top (all time), Top this week, or Top this month ordering, and optionally keep only verified creators.
• 🎚️ Choose the quality you want in downloadUrl: best available, HD, SD (mobile), or silent. If your choice is missing for a video, the actor falls back to the next format and says why in selectedQualityReason. Every available format is always listed in availableFormats.
• 🏷️ Rich metadata: tags, niches, sexuality labels, duration, width and height, audio flag, views, likes, creator username, verified flag, and creation date.
• 🧮 One limit for everything. Max videos caps the total across targets, profiles, and search, and each video ID is saved only once per run.
• ⏰ Run on a schedule with Apify schedules, call it through the Apify API, connect it to integrations such as Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, or webhooks, and export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.

What data can you extract from RedGifs?

Field	Description
downloadUrl	Direct media.redgifs.com MP4 link for the selected quality
availableFormats	Every MP4 format found: quality (hd, sd, silent), url, mimeType
selectedQuality / selectedQualityReason	Which format was picked and a plain-English reason, including fallbacks
id / canonicalUrl / sourceUrl	RedGifs video ID, watch page URL, and iframe URL
title	The title RedGifs shows on the watch page (built from tags and creator name)
description	Creator-written description, when there is one
durationSeconds / width / height	Video length in seconds and resolution in pixels
hasAudio	Whether RedGifs marks the video as having sound
tags / niches / sexuality	Public RedGifs tags, niche slugs, and sexuality labels
thumbnailUrl / posterUrl	Thumbnail and poster image links
userName / verified	Creator username and verified flag
views / likes	Public view and like counts
published / createdAt	Published flag and upload time (ISO 8601, UTC)
rowOrigin / input / searchQuery	Which source produced the row: directTarget, userProfile, or search, plus the original input

How to download RedGifs videos

1. Open RedGifs Video Downloader and click Try for free to sign in to Apify.
2. In RedGifs URLs or video IDs, paste one watch link, ID, or user profile link per row.
3. Optionally type a Search term and pick a Search order. Use one term per run.
4. Choose a Preferred quality. Keep Best available if you're not sure.
5. Set Maximum videos to control cost, or leave it empty to get everything.
6. Click Start. When the run finishes, open the Output tab and download the results as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Open any downloadUrl to save the MP4.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
targets	array of strings	No*	—	RedGifs watch URLs, iframe URLs, media links, raw video IDs, or user profile URLs, one per row
searchQuery	string	No*	—	One search term. Returns up to 10,000 videos, the RedGifs search limit
searchOrder	string	No	trending	trending, latest, top, top7 (this week), or top28 (this month)
verifiedOnly	boolean	No	false	Keep only search results from verified creators
preferredQuality	string	No	best	best, hd, sd, or silent
maxItems	integer	No	empty (no limit)	Maximum videos saved across all sources

* Add at least one target or a search term. You can set all the fields in the Input tab.

Example input:

{
    "targets": [
        "https://www.redgifs.com/watch/seashellverifiablenorwaylobster",
        "welllitfavorablefulmar",
        "https://www.redgifs.com/users/angelalamos9rr"
    ],
    "searchQuery": "funny",
    "searchOrder": "trending",
    "preferredQuality": "best",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Output example

Each row is one unique video. Download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.

[
    {
        "rowOrigin": "directTarget",
        "input": "welllitfavorablefulmar",
        "searchQuery": null,
        "id": "welllitfavorablefulmar",
        "canonicalUrl": "https://www.redgifs.com/watch/welllitfavorablefulmar",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.redgifs.com/ifr/welllitfavorablefulmar",
        "title": "Amateur Ass Big Tits OnlyFans Porn GIF by angelalamos9rr",
        "description": null,
        "durationSeconds": 6.32,
        "width": 1080,
        "height": 2400,
        "hasAudio": true,
        "tags": ["Amateur", "Ass", "Big Tits", "OnlyFans"],
        "niches": [],
        "sexuality": ["straight"],
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://media.redgifs.com/WelllitFavorableFulmar-mobile.jpg",
        "posterUrl": "https://media.redgifs.com/WelllitFavorableFulmar-poster.jpg",
        "selectedQuality": "hd",
        "selectedQualityReason": "Best available selected HD.",
        "downloadUrl": "https://media.redgifs.com/WelllitFavorableFulmar.mp4",
        "availableFormats": [
            { "quality": "hd", "url": "https://media.redgifs.com/WelllitFavorableFulmar.mp4", "mimeType": "video/mp4" },
            { "quality": "sd", "url": "https://media.redgifs.com/WelllitFavorableFulmar-mobile.mp4", "mimeType": "video/mp4" },
            { "quality": "silent", "url": "https://media.redgifs.com/WelllitFavorableFulmar-silent.mp4", "mimeType": "video/mp4" }
        ],
        "userName": "angelalamos9rr",
        "verified": false,
        "views": 1953,
        "likes": 1,
        "published": true,
        "createdAt": "2026-05-09T14:49:06.000Z"
    },
    {
        "rowOrigin": "search",
        "input": null,
        "searchQuery": "funny",
        "id": "delectablesecondhandhuia",
        "canonicalUrl": "https://www.redgifs.com/watch/delectablesecondhandhuia",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.redgifs.com/ifr/delectablesecondhandhuia",
        "title": "Funny Funny Porn r/NSFWFunny Porn GIF by slashglorp",
        "description": null,
        "durationSeconds": 7.083,
        "width": 1596,
        "height": 1080,
        "hasAudio": false,
        "tags": ["Funny", "Funny Porn", "r/NSFWFunny"],
        "niches": ["funny-nsfw"],
        "sexuality": ["animated"],
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://media.redgifs.com/DelectableSecondhandHuia-mobile.jpg",
        "posterUrl": "https://media.redgifs.com/DelectableSecondhandHuia-poster.jpg",
        "selectedQuality": "hd",
        "selectedQualityReason": "Best available selected HD.",
        "downloadUrl": "https://media.redgifs.com/DelectableSecondhandHuia.mp4",
        "availableFormats": [
            { "quality": "hd", "url": "https://media.redgifs.com/DelectableSecondhandHuia.mp4", "mimeType": "video/mp4" },
            { "quality": "sd", "url": "https://media.redgifs.com/DelectableSecondhandHuia-mobile.mp4", "mimeType": "video/mp4" },
            { "quality": "silent", "url": "https://media.redgifs.com/DelectableSecondhandHuia-silent.mp4", "mimeType": "video/mp4" }
        ],
        "userName": "slashglorp",
        "verified": false,
        "views": 101752,
        "likes": 199,
        "published": true,
        "createdAt": "2025-09-05T09:22:32.000Z"
    }
]

Python API example

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/redgifs-video-downloader").call(run_input={
    "targets": ["https://www.redgifs.com/watch/seashellverifiablenorwaylobster"],
    "searchQuery": "funny",
    "preferredQuality": "hd",
    "maxItems": 20,
})

for video in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(video["id"], video["selectedQuality"], video["durationSeconds"], video["downloadUrl"])

JavaScript API example

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('parsebird/redgifs-video-downloader').call({
    targets: ['https://www.redgifs.com/users/angelalamos9rr'],
    preferredQuality: 'best',
    maxItems: 50,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.map((v) => `${v.id} ${v.views} ${v.downloadUrl}`));

See Apify's Python client and JavaScript client docs for more options.

Use cases

• Bulk RedGifs downloads. Turn a list of links into MP4 URLs and feed them to a download manager, curl, or your own script.
• Backups of your own uploads. Add your creator profile to keep a copy of the videos you've published.
• Content curation for communities. Pull trending or top-of-the-week videos for a tag and review them before posting elsewhere.
• Trend and tag research. Compare views, likes, tags, and niches across search terms or creators.
• Creator analytics. Track a creator's public videos, view counts, and posting dates over time with a scheduled run.
• Dataset building. Collect video metadata and links in JSON or CSV for moderation, tagging, or classification work.

How it works

1. The actor reads your targets, recognises each one as a video or a creator profile, and skips duplicates and anything that isn't a RedGifs link or ID.
2. It looks up each video through the same public API the RedGifs website uses, with a guest token. No login is needed.
3. Creator profiles and search terms are paged 80 videos at a time. Search stops at the RedGifs limit of 10,000 results per term.
4. For each video it lists every MP4 format, picks the one matching your preferred quality (or the next best one), and saves one row per unique video ID.
5. The run stops when it reaches Maximum videos, runs out of results, or hits your spending limit. If RedGifs rate-limits an IP, the actor switches to a fresh IP and carries on.

How much does it cost to download RedGifs videos?

What is the price per RedGifs video?

Plan	Price per video	Price per 1,000 videos
Free	$0.00799	$7.99
Bronze	$0.00749	$7.49
Silver	$0.00699	$6.99
Gold	$0.00649	$6.49

You pay one video-scraped event for each video saved to the dataset. Compute and proxy usage are included in the event price. Videos that aren't found, images, and duplicates aren't charged. For example, the prefilled run (10 videos) costs about $0.08 on the Free plan, and a full 10,000-result search costs at most $79.90 on Free or $64.90 on Gold. In our tests, full searches returned between 9,705 and 9,940 unique videos, because RedGifs repeats some videos across result pages.

Apify's free plan includes monthly platform credits you can use on this actor. Set Maximum videos or a run spending limit to stay within budget.

Is it legal to download videos from RedGifs?

Is scraping RedGifs legal?

RedGifs Video Downloader only reads publicly available video data and links that anyone can see on redgifs.com without logging in. It doesn't access accounts, private content, or anything behind a paywall. Scraping publicly available data is generally allowed in many jurisdictions, but the videos belong to their creators. Review the RedGifs Terms of Service, respect creators' copyright, don't re-upload content you don't have rights to, and make sure your use complies with applicable laws, including age and adult-content rules where you live. For more background, read Apify's guide: Is web scraping legal?

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FAQ

Do I need a RedGifs account or API key?

No. The actor uses the same guest access the RedGifs website gives logged-out visitors. You only need an Apify account.

Does the actor save the MP4 files themselves?

No. It returns direct media.redgifs.com links, which open and download without a login. They're plain file URLs without expiring signatures. To save the files, open the links or pass them to a downloader such as curl or wget.

What's the difference between HD, SD, and silent?

hd is the full-size MP4, sd is the smaller mobile version (-mobile.mp4), and silent is the version without sound (-silent.mp4). Not every video has a silent file. In that case, choosing Silent falls back to HD, and selectedQualityReason says so.

Can I download every video from a RedGifs user?

Yes. Add the profile URL, for example https://www.redgifs.com/users/angelalamos9rr, to Targets. The actor collects the creator's public videos, newest first. Leave Maximum videos empty to get them all.

How many search results can I get?

Up to 10,000 per search term, which is the RedGifs search limit. For more, run different terms or sort orders. Use one search term per run, and call the actor again (or create an Apify task) for each additional term.

What happens with removed videos, images, or bad links?

Removed or unknown IDs are logged as "not found", images (which have no MP4) are skipped, and inputs that aren't RedGifs links are listed in the log. None of these are charged. The run's status message summarises how many of each it saw.

Does it search tags or titles?

It uses the RedGifs site search, so results match the same videos you'd see when searching on redgifs.com. In our tests, over 95% of results for cosplay, amateur, and big tits had the search term in their tags or title.

How fast is it?

A full 10,000-result search took between 1.5 and 8 minutes in our tests, depending on how fast RedGifs answered. A list of 2,000 video links took about 3.5 minutes.

Can I use it with Make, Zapier, or my own app?

Yes. Use the API tab for ready-to-use code, or connect the actor through Apify integrations and webhooks.

Something doesn't work. Where do I report it?

Open an issue in the Issues tab with your run ID and input.