Twitter Video Download

Download videos from Twitter/X posts using yt-dlp.

Setup

# Install yt-dlp
pip install yt-dlp

# Configure proxy (required for China users)
# Twitter/X is overseas, proxy is needed to access
# Please replace with your proxy address
setx PROXY_URL "http://your-proxy-address:port"

Usage in OpenClaw

Just tell me:

> "Download this Twitter video: https://x.com/xxx/status/xxx"

Or specify a save location:

> "Download video to D:\Videos: https://x.com/xxx/status/xxx"

I will automatically call this skill to execute the download.

Command Line Usage

# Enter skill directory
cd [skill_directory]\scripts

# Set proxy environment variable (replace with your proxy)
set PROXY_URL=http://your-proxy-address:port

# Download video
node download.mjs "https://twitter.com/username/status/123456789"

# Specify output directory
node download.mjs "https://twitter.com/username/status/123456789" --output "D:\Downloads"

# Specify filename
node download.mjs "https://twitter.com/username/status/123456789" --filename "my_video"

Options

• -o, --output : Output directory (default: current directory)
• -f, --filename : Custom filename (without extension)
• -q, --quality : Video quality (best/bestvideo/worst)

Examples

node download.mjs "https://x.com/username/status/123456789" --output "D:\Downloads"

Security Notes

• No shell execution: Uses spawn with shell: false for security
• URL validation: Only accepts twitter.com and x.com URLs
• Filename sanitization: Prevents path traversal attacks
• Proxy validation: Validates proxy URL format before use
• yt-dlp: Uses the well-known, trusted yt-dlp library

Notes

• Supports twitter.com and x.com links
• Supports GIF download (converted to MP4)
• Proxy is required for China users, otherwise SSL connection error will occur
• Videos are saved in MP4 format

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