---
title: "Download images and videos from tweets"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/x/media/download"
tags: ["Media"]
---

# Download images and videos from tweets

`POST /api/v1/x/media/download`

Downloads images and videos attached to selected tweets.

## Request body

- object
  - `tweetInput` string — Tweet URL or ID (single tweet)
  - `tweetId` string — Numeric tweet ID alias for tweetInput
  - `tweetUrl` string — Tweet URL alias for tweetInput
  - `tweetIds` string[] — Array of tweet URLs or IDs (bulk, max 50 string items)

## Response `200`

Media download result. Single: tweetId + galleryUrl + cacheHit. Bulk: galleryUrl + totalTweets + totalMedia.

- object
  - `tweetId` string
  - `galleryUrl` string
  - `cacheHit` boolean
  - `totalTweets` integer
  - `totalMedia` integer

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid input
- `401` — Unauthenticated
- `402` — Payment required. MPP reads include `WWW-Authenticate`. Authenticated reads include balances and checkout; a failed request never creates checkout. Guest keys offer top-up.
- `404` — Tweet media source not found
- `424` — Dependency unavailable, unauthorized, or rate limited. Default v1 returns 502. The best-practice response contract returns 424 for transparent dependency failures.
- `429` — Xquik tier rate limit exceeded. The response includes a `Retry-After` header with the number of seconds to wait before retrying.
- `502` — Dependency unavailable, unauthorized, or rate limited. Default v1 returns 502. The best-practice response contract returns 424 for transparent dependency failures.
- `default` — Unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2026-08-21** `18302a60cfee` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - the `oneOf[subschema #4]/allOf[subschema #2]/` response's property type changed from no type to `object` for status `402`
  - added 'propertyNames' constraint to the `oneOf[subschema #4]/allOf[subschema #2]/` response property for the status `402`
- **2026-08-12** `5d4938bb7de3` — 144 warning
  - added the new `closed` enum value to the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `429`
  - added the new `closed` enum value to the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/error/oneOf[subschema #2: StructuredError]/code` response property for the response status `429`
  - added the new `closed` enum value to the `error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `closed` enum value to the `error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `401`
  - …140 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/xquik-dev/apis/xquik-api-2/changes/api/v1/x/media/download/post.md)

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