Reddit video download API

Reddit video API. Audio included.

v.redd.it keeps audio and video in separate DASH streams. We merge them. You get one file.

Avg fetch: 2.9s · 18 regions · audio mergedFree 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.

Community research

Pull viral video datasets.

Reddit surfaces content that spreads quickly. Pull top posts from a subreddit, get back a dataset of videos with engagement metadata. Use it for trend research, content strategy, or virality modeling.

Content moderation

Evidence capture before removal.

Rule-breaking content gets removed by moderators. Pull a copy at the time of the report. A local MP4 with timestamp is usable evidence. A Reddit link that 404s is not.

youtube_yt-72811080p
tiktok_tt-5821720p
ig_reel_44131080p
youtube_yt-91281080p
tiktok_tt-2240720p
AI training data

Topic-specific video collections.

Reddit is organized by topic. r/cooking, r/DIY, r/science. Pull videos from subreddits relevant to your training domain. Normalized MP4 with title and subreddit metadata.

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 Reddit's terms of service and applicable law.
Why does my downloaded Reddit video have no audio?
This is a common problem with DIY tools. Reddit DASH streams separate audio and video. Our API merges both streams automatically. You get a single file with audio.
Does it work for YouTube embeds in Reddit posts?
Yes. We detect the actual video source from the post and apply the right extraction path. YouTube-embedded Reddit posts return the YouTube video, not a Reddit artifact.
Can I access NSFW subreddits?
NSFW content on Reddit requires account authentication. We only fetch publicly accessible content and do not support session credential injection or authenticated fetches.
What quality do I get?
We always select the highest DASH quality tier available. Reddit caps most uploads at 1080p. Some older posts are limited by the original upload resolution.

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.