Facebook video download API

Facebook video API. Works past the login page.

Group videos, Watch content, Reels. One endpoint. Session management is on us.

Avg fetch: 3.6s · 18 regions · session-managedFree tier · 100 fetches/moRouted through 18 regions
Input
https://
1080p720paudio-only+metadatawebhook
POST renderio.dev/api/v1/ytdlp-download
Authorization: Bearer ffsk_live_...
200 OK · success
3.4s · region: fra
bypassed · was US only
12:48
titleAnnual Brand Film, full cut
channel@studio.northbeam
duration12:48
size184.2 MB

Supported out of the box. Same call, every platform.

How it works

Three steps. No infrastructure.

Send a URL. We handle the rest: regional routing, retries, format negotiation, storage. Results land in your bucket or your webhook in seconds.

01SEND

Post a URL

One endpoint, any source. Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok or Instagram. Public, private or region-locked.

https://tiktok.com/@studio/video/7281…
02FETCH

We handle the hard part

Geo-blocks, rate-limits, format changes, retries. Whatever the platform throws at us, your code never sees it. You get a clean MP4 or a clean error.

OKRegion matchedauto
OKRate-limit bypassed3.1s
OKMP4 ready
03DELIVER

Get the file

Signed URL, direct stream, or webhook to your endpoint. Files persist in R2 with zero egress fees. Pull as many copies as you want.

MP4studio-nb-7281.mp412.8 MB
Why RenderIO

Built for teams who can't afford to babysit scrapers.

You came here because you tried building this yourself. Four reasons people stop running their own yt-dlp.

No geo-blocks. Anywhere.

Requests rotate across 18 residential regions automatically. A US-only video pulls from a US exit; a JP-only video from Tokyo. You never see a 403.

Scale like it's static.

1 request or 10,000 in parallel. Same API, same latency. No queues to provision, no Lambda timeouts to dodge, no proxy pool to bleed money on.

Rate-limit free.

The platforms ban scrapers. We don't get banned. We rotate, retry, and absorb the failures. Your code gets a 200 or a clean error. Nothing in between.

One API. All platforms.

Same endpoint. Same response shape. Same auth. Add a new platform and your code doesn't change. We track the upstream changes so you don't.

Use cases

What teams build with it.

The API shape is the same. What teams build downstream of it is not.

Page content archival

Back up your brand's video library.

Facebook does not give brands a reliable export. Pull every video from a page into your own storage. Format is normalized MP4 with metadata. No Facebook-dependent links in your archive.

Competitor research

Monitor what competitors are running.

Pull video ads and organic posts from competitor pages. Analyze format, duration, and messaging. Store the raw files so you have a record even after they stop running the campaign.

youtube_yt-72811080p
tiktok_tt-5821720p
ig_reel_44131080p
youtube_yt-91281080p
tiktok_tt-2240720p
Journalism

Evidence that survives deletion.

Public figures and organizations delete content fast. Pull a timestamped copy at the moment of publication. A local MP4 with metadata is more reliable than a screenshot for editorial and legal purposes.

For builders

Drop it into n8n. Hand it to an agent.

One quick technical detail. The Fetch API ships with first-class connectors so the engineers, the no-code people, and the AI agents all use the same backend and the same auth.

The official n8n node. Install once, fetch forever.

Drag the RenderIO node onto any canvas. Wire a webhook on the input, a Google Drive (or S3, or Slack) node on the output, and you have a UGC pipeline running in under five minutes.

  • Fetch by URL, by playlist, by handle
  • Pre-built templates for TikTok monitoring, IG reels archive, YouTube channel sync
  • Webhook trigger for new-video alerts
  • Native binary output. No base64 gymnastics
n8n-nodes-renderiov2.4.112 templates
Install the node
triggerNew IG mention
action · renderioFetch video
conditionHas captions?
actionUpload to S3
actionNotify Slack
Pricing

Professional video processing at a fraction of the cost.

Start free for 3 days. Then from $12/mo. Zero egress fees. Usage-based overage so you never get cut off.

StarterFor side projects and experimentation.$12/month
500 commands/month
1 min max per command
Up to 2 chained commands
5 GB storage
3-day free trial
n8n / Zapier / Make
$0.08/cmd overage
Start free trial30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime. No egress fees ever.
GrowthProduction workloads. Content at scale.$39/month
1,000 commands/month
5 min max per command
Up to 5 chained commands
10 GB storage
n8n / Zapier / Make
$0.05/cmd overage
300 video downloads/month
Get growth plan30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime. No egress fees ever.
BusinessHigh-volume. Maximum retention.$99/month
20,000 commands/month
20 min max per command
Up to 20 chained commands
200 GB storage
Webhook notifications
n8n / Zapier / Make
$0.02/cmd overage
Get business plan30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime. No egress fees ever.
FAQ

Things people ask before they sign up.

Is this legal?
RenderIO runs yt-dlp in the cloud and fetches only publicly accessible content. No DRM bypass, no paywall bypass. What you download and what you do with it is your responsibility — ensure your use complies with Facebook's terms of service and applicable law.
Can it access Group videos?
Public groups only. Private groups require membership and are not accessible. We only fetch content that is publicly available without authentication.
What about Facebook Reels?
Facebook Reels work the same as any other Facebook video URL. Pass the URL and we return the MP4. No special configuration needed.
What quality do I get?
We always fetch the highest quality Facebook makes available. Most videos are up to 1080p. Older content may be capped at lower resolutions by Facebook's original encoding.
What happens when Facebook changes something?
We monitor their API surface and push server-side updates within hours. Your integration does not break and your code does not change.

Also works with

Same API. Same response. Every platform below uses the same endpoint.

Stop maintaining scrapers. Start shipping pipelines.

100 fetches a month, free, forever. No card. No commitment. Open the dashboard, paste a URL, watch it come back as an MP4. In under five seconds.