---
title: "POST /api/v1/x/media/download"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/x/media/download"
tags: ["Media"]
---

# POST /api/v1/x/media/download

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

## Request

- Base URL: `https://xquik.com`
- URL: `https://xquik.com/api/v1/x/media/download`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

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[]: Up to 50 tweet URLs or IDs. An item that names no post gets 400 `invalid_tweet_id`, which says which item.

## Response `200`

Media download result. A single download returns tweetId, galleryUrl & cacheHit. A bulk download returns galleryUrl, totalTweets & totalMedia.

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

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input. A value past its maxLength gets this answer, & the message names the field & its limit.
- `401`: Unauthenticated
- `402`: Payment required. MPP reads include `WWW-Authenticate`. Authenticated reads include balances, plus checkout when the key can open it. A key that reads only gets the account page instead. A failed request never creates checkout. A caller on a plan gets top-up only, plus `credits_renew_at` when the plan renews. Guest keys offer top-up.
- `404`: Tweet media source not found
- `424`: Dependency unavailable, unauthorized, or limited. Default v1 uses 502. Best-practice responses use 424 for transparent dependency failures. Search answers 424 `search_unavailable` when X fails the query itself, or when its filters matched none of the last 3,000 posts read. The message says how far back the search read.
- `429`: Too many requests right now. Each user gets 500 reads a second. Each minute allows 120 writes & 60 deletes. `x_api_rate_limited` means X limits this read for now. Neither answer costs anything. Wait for the seconds in `Retry-After`, then retry.
- `500`: Unexpected error.
- `502`: Dependency unavailable, unauthorized, or limited. Default v1 uses 502. Best-practice responses use 424 for transparent dependency failures. Search answers 424 `search_unavailable` when X fails the query itself, or when its filters matched none of the last 3,000 posts read. The message says how far back the search read.
- `default`: Unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-20** `45942c75fdc2`: 18 warning
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `429`
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/error/oneOf[subschema #2: StructuredError]/code` response property for the response status `429`
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `401`
  - …14 more

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

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