https://github.com/shalvah/DownloadThisVideo

Twitter bot for easily downloading videos/GIFs off tweets
https://github.com/shalvah/DownloadThisVideo

aws-lambda bot lambda-functions nodejs serverless twitter

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Twitter bot for easily downloading videos/GIFs off tweets

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/shalvah/DownloadThisVideo
• Owner: shalvah
• License: gpl-3.0
• Archived: true
• Created: 2018-05-16T14:52:04.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-05T19:30:27.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-29T00:28:44.676Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: aws-lambda, bot, lambda-functions, nodejs, serverless, twitter
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://download-this.video
• Size: 672 KB
• Stars: 667
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 80
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# DownloadThisVideo

> On April 4, 2023, Twitter suspended @this_vid, after nearly 5 years and millions of users. 😢

Easily download videos/GIFs off Twitter. Mention the bot (@this_vid) in a reply to the tweet containing the video, and it'll reply with a download link in a few minutes.

[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)

![](./this-vid.png)

## How this works

## Stack

- [AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) with the [Serverless Framework](http://serverless.com)

- [AWS SNS](http://aws.amazon.com/sns)

- [Redis](http://redis.io)

- Node.js

### Implementation

The bot consists of several AWS Lambda functions that work in tandem:

#### fetchTweetsToDownload

This function runs every 4 minutes and checks for new mentions. It publishes these new mentions as a new notification on an SNS topic. The 4-minute interval is so as to not hit Twitter's rate limits and minimize AWS Lambda usage time, while being near-realtime.

#### sendDownloadLink

This is triggered by new notifications on the SNS topic. It:

- processes the tweets in the message body,

- calls Twitter's API to retrieve media links. Any video links retrieved for a tweet are stored in Redis for faster repeated access (other users requesting the same video).

- adds the download details to the user's store in Redis. The _user's store_ is an entry in Redis where all downloads requested by a user are cached for a certain period (48 hours).

- attempts to reply to the user with a link to the user's download page (see section below). "Attempts" because  Twitter enforces tweet limits (2400 per day, counted in 15-minute periods). If the API limits have been reached, the bot will "cool down" (not send any replies) for 10 minutes.

#### getDownloads

This is triggered by a HTTP request to the / (for instance, http://thisvid.space/jack). It renders a page showing a list of the user's recent downloads.

#### getHomePage

Renders the homepage 😁. See http://thisvid.space.

#### retryFailedTasks

This re-publishes failed tasks (stored in Redis) as a new SNS message. For now, it can only be triggered manually.