Twitter Video Downloader

A simple Go application for downloading video content from Twitter. This project allows you to input a tweet URL, extract the tweet ID, and download any available video content in MP4 format.

Features

• Extract tweet ID from a tweet URL.
• Download video from tweet URLs with video content in MP4 format.
• Save videos with bitrate information as the file name.
• Handles video resolution by selecting the highest available quality.

Requirements

• Go 1.18+ (for the Go tools and libraries).
• huh library for building terminal-based forms.
• Internet connection to fetch video content.

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/onihani/go-tweet.git

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd go-tweet

3. Install dependencies:

   go mod tidy

4. Build the project:

   go build

5. Run the application:

   ./go-tweet

Usage

When you run the application, it will prompt you to enter a tweet URL. Once the URL is entered, the program will:

1. Extract the tweet ID from the URL.
2. Fetch tweet data from the Twitter API.
3. Display the available video resolutions.
4. Download the highest quality MP4 video.

Example:

Enter Tweet URL: https://x.com/xghana_/status/1853065799977537588
Available videos: [320x562, 364x640]
Downloading video_632kbps.mp4 to ./downloads...
Download complete!

File Structure

• main.go: The main application logic for fetching tweet data and handling user input.
• tweet/tweet.go: Defines the Tweet struct and methods to extract video URLs.
• util/util.go: Utility functions like extracting the tweet ID from the URL.

Acknowledgements

• huh: Simple library for building terminal forms.