Universal Media Downloader — video & audio from 1800+ sites
Pricing
from $30.00 / 1,000 media downloads
Download video or audio (MP4/MP3/…) from a URL of any of 1800+ sites (YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Reddit, Twitch…) via yt-dlp. Pick format/quality, extract audio, or just read metadata. HTTP API + MCP. Optional residential proxy for sites that block servers.
You can access the Universal Media Downloader — video & audio from 1800+ sites programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "format": "mp4"<}' |<apify call synthetic.ia/media-downloader --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Universal Media Downloader — video & audio from 1800+ sites locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: