rest api · 9 platforms · millions of calls a day
the media scraper and downloader api
scrape and download from instagram, youtube, tiktok and six more. one GET returns the metadata and a direct download_url as json.
no proxies to rent, no cookies to refresh, no bot blocks to fight.
1,000 free credits · no card · live in one request
curl 'https://api.fastsaver.io/v1/fetch?url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DRsmm9UjKfH/' \
-H 'X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'{
"ok": true,
"id": "DRsmm9UjKfH",
"source": "instagram.com",
"type": "video",
"download_url": "https://scontent-dfw6-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m412/AQOqB7ZktoNZKYvIUuQU6ptpi3…",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-dfw6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/588206701_85850229606866_n.jpg…",
"duration": 46,
"caption": "Ferrari 296 GTS top speed run…"
}supported platforms
- youtube
- tiktok
- x
- shazam
- likee
- rutube
instagram, tiktok, pinterest, facebook and x cost 1.5 credits. a youtube video is 15. every price.
why this api
one integration covers 9 platforms, and every one of them stays up.
- millions
- api calls a day
- 7M
- youtube audios ready on telegram
- 4K
- youtube, every format down to audio
this api api.fastsaver.io | a marketplace api rapidapi and similar listings | your own scraper proxies, cookies, headless browsers | |
|---|---|---|---|
integration | this api one GET, one response shape, every platform. you write it once. | marketplace a different listing, endpoint and shape for each platform. | your own a parser per platform, and a rewrite every time one changes. |
youtube | this api the fastest and most stable on the market. every format, up to 4K. | marketplace a thin wrapper over someone else’s scraper. it breaks when theirs does. | your own the player changes and your extractor breaks the same day. |
staying up | this api instagram, tiktok and youtube all stable. proxies, cookies and bot checks are ours to keep working. | marketplace you find out it is down when your users do. | your own fresh blocks daily, new proxies weekly, and platforms change their apis without telling you. |
telegram bots | this api 7 million youtube audios already sit on telegram. your bot forwards a file_id in milliseconds, with no upload. | marketplace nothing like it. | your own you download, then upload, every file, every time. |
when it breaks | this api we run fastsaver.io and @fastsaver_bot on it, so it breaks for us first. | marketplace a ticket in a marketplace queue. | your own your weekend. |
every call is logged with what you sent and what came back. how failures look.
curl, node and python
no sdk to install. every endpoint is one http request.
curl -X POST 'https://api.fastsaver.io/v1/youtube/download' \
-H 'X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG1WWjew8s","format":"720p"}'that is POST /youtube/download. every endpoint has the same three, on its own page in the docs.
built on this api
questions
- what does this api actually do?
- You send it a link to a post, reel, video or pin. It returns json with a direct url to the media.
- which platforms are supported?
- Instagram including stories, TikTok without a watermark, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, X, RuTube and Likee. There are also YouTube search and Shazam endpoints.
- how much does it cost?
- You spend credits, not requests. Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook and X cost 1.5 credits, and a YouTube video costs 15. New accounts get 1,000 credits with no card.
- how do i authenticate?
- One header: X-Api-Key. There is no OAuth, no token to refresh and no sdk to install.
- what happens when a post is private or deleted?
- You get a 400 with ok set to false and a short reason. Read ok rather than the status code.
- are there rate limits?
- A requests-per-minute limit set by your plan. Going over returns 429 and costs nothing.
start with 1,000 credits
no card. one header. live in a single request.