Supported platforms

Which URLs work on Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

LiftMonkey supports five families of platforms: social (Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), video (YouTube, TikTok), US broadcast news (CBS News, ABC News, NBC News), news portals (MSN), and listings & auctions (Airbnb, Bring a Trailer, Zillow). Each platform has specific URL shapes that work reliably; links that don't match those shapes come back with a "couldn't detect platform" message.

Broadcast news, TikTok, and YouTube are resolved by yt-dlp, which LiftMonkey uses as its extraction engine for those platforms and as a fallback for the social platforms when the primary path is blocked.

Twitter / X

URLs that work:

  • https://twitter.com/<user>/status/<id>
  • https://x.com/<user>/status/<id>
  • With or without www.

Media returned: single photos, multi-photo galleries (you pick which one to download), videos, and animated GIFs.

Known limitations: private/protected accounts cannot be extracted. Posts from suspended or deleted accounts return a "not found" error.

Facebook

URLs that work:

  • Classic post links: facebook.com/<page>/videos/<id>, /photos/, /posts/, /watch/
  • Reels: facebook.com/reel/<id>
  • Short share links: fb.watch/<id>
  • Modern share URLs: facebook.com/share/v/<id> (video), /share/p/<id> (post), /share/r/<id> (reel)
  • Mobile hosts (m.facebook.com) work the same as desktop.

Media returned: videos, photos, reels. If we hit a login wall we'll automatically retry against mbasic.facebook.com where possible.

Known limitations: posts restricted to friends-only or to a private group cannot be extracted. Some Watch videos occasionally return a lower-resolution progressive stream instead of the HD version.

Instagram

URLs that work:

  • Posts: instagram.com/p/<shortcode>
  • Reels: instagram.com/reel/<shortcode>
  • IGTV: instagram.com/tv/<shortcode>

Media returned: single photos, carousels (use the gallery picker), reels, and IGTV videos.

Known limitations: stories and highlights aren't supported. Private accounts cannot be extracted. Some carousels that mix video and photo may only return the photo items.

LinkedIn

URLs that work:

  • Share URLs: linkedin.com/posts/<slug>-share-<id>-<token>
  • Native posts: linkedin.com/posts/<slug>-ugcPost-<id>-<token>
  • Older activity share: linkedin.com/posts/activity-<id>-<token>
  • Feed URNs: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:(activity|ugcPost|share):<id>

Media returned: single images, multi-image galleries (use the gallery picker), and videos when LinkedIn exposes a direct stream URL in the post's structured metadata. When a video URL isn't exposed, we fall back to the video's poster frame.

Known limitations: LinkedIn doesn't always expose direct video URLs in public metadata; for those posts we return the poster frame rather than the video file. Posts behind an auth wall can't be extracted.

YouTube

URLs that work:

  • Standard watch links: youtube.com/watch?v=<id>
  • Short share links: youtu.be/<id>
  • Shorts: youtube.com/shorts/<id>
  • Mobile hosts (m.youtube.com) work too.

Media returned: an MP4 with audio included. You'll see a quality picker showing the resolutions available for that video — 360p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, and 4K (2160p) are all supported.

Known limitations: 1080p and above take 30-120 seconds longer to prepare because they require muxing video and audio streams. Age-restricted, members-only, region-locked, or private videos cannot be extracted.

TikTok

URLs that work:

  • Canonical: tiktok.com/@<user>/video/<id>
  • Short share links: vm.tiktok.com/<token>, vt.tiktok.com/<token>
  • App share links: tiktok.com/t/<token>

Media returned: a progressive MP4 without watermark when available.

Known limitations: private accounts and region-restricted posts cannot be extracted. Live streams aren't supported.

Broadcast news: CBS News, ABC News, NBC News

LiftMonkey resolves short-form news video segments from all three major US networks. Paste a video page URL — article URLs without an embedded video won't work.

URLs that work:

  • CBS News: cbsnews.com/video/<slug>/ and city-scoped cbsnews.com/<city>/video/<slug>/ (New York, Los Angeles, etc.)
  • ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Video/<id> and section-scoped abcnews.go.com/<section>/video/<slug> (WNT, GMA, Nightline, etc.)
  • NBC News: nbcnews.com/<section>/video/<slug> (Nightly News, Meet the Press, NBC News Now, etc.)

Media returned: a progressive MP4 of the segment when available.

Known limitations: some segments are delivered as adaptive streams (HLS/DASH) that LiftMonkey doesn't yet support — you'll see a "no progressive MP4 available" error. Paid-subscription-only segments (live streaming cable feeds, some full episodes) cannot be extracted. News content is subject to stricter copyright than social posts; make sure your save is for personal reference only.

MSN

MSN is Microsoft's news and content portal — it carries video from many third-party publishers (TFL Studios, Newsweek, USA Today, The Weather Channel, sports networks, and others). LiftMonkey resolves MSN video pages specifically; paste the URL of the video page itself, not an article that happens to embed a video.

URLs that work:

  • Video pages: msn.com/<locale>/<section>/<subsection>/<slug>/vi-<id>
  • All MSN locales work (en-us, en-gb, fr-ca, etc.).
  • Tracking parameters like ?ocid=socialshare are tolerated.

Media returned: a 1080p progressive MP4 with the video's title, duration, publisher, and English closed-caption track recorded in metadata.

Known limitations: only video pages (/vi-) are supported. Article URLs (/ar-) won't extract even if they embed a video — MSN articles often surface a "related videos" sidebar and we'd rather decline than guess which one you meant. Slideshow (/ss-) and image-gallery (/ai-) URLs aren't supported in v1. MSN's video content is licensed from third-party publishers with their own copyright; save for personal reference only.

Airbnb

LiftMonkey resolves the photo gallery on an Airbnb listing page. Paste a room URL — search results, host profiles, and experience pages won't work.

URLs that work:

  • Listing pages: airbnb.com/rooms/<id>
  • Airbnb Plus listings: airbnb.com/rooms/plus/<id>
  • Country domains work too (airbnb.co.uk, airbnb.ca, airbnb.com.au, …).
  • Tracking parameters (?source_impression_id=…) and the #availability-calendar hash are tolerated.

Media returned: the listing's photo gallery (use the gallery picker to save individual photos, or Download all). When only the cover photo is exposed, you'll get a single photo.

Known limitations: Airbnb runs aggressive bot detection — if a listing comes back blocked, turn the residential proxy on and retry. Listing videos and floor-plan walkthroughs aren't supported in v1.

Personal use only. Airbnb listing photos are the host's (or Airbnb's) copyrighted marketing material, not your content. Save them for personal reference — for example, a place you've booked or are comparing — not for re-listing, redistribution, or any commercial use.

Bring a Trailer

LiftMonkey resolves the seller's photo gallery on a Bring a Trailer auction listing. Paste a listing URL — the auctions index, model pages, results pages, and user profiles won't work.

URLs that work:

  • Listing pages: bringatrailer.com/listing/<slug>
  • Localized listings work too (bringatrailer.com/it/listing/…, /es/, /de/, /nl/).
  • Tracking parameters (?utm_source=…) are tolerated.

Media returned: the seller's photo gallery (use the gallery picker to save individual photos, or Download all). Photos that buyers and sellers post in the comments aren't part of the gallery and aren't included. When only the featured photo is exposed, you'll get a single photo.

Known limitations: Bring a Trailer runs aggressive bot detection — if a listing comes back blocked, turn the residential proxy on and retry. Auction walkthrough videos aren't supported in v1.

Personal use only. Bring a Trailer listing photos are the seller's (or BaT's) copyrighted marketing material, not your content. Save them for personal reference — for example, a vehicle you've bought, bid on, or are researching — not for re-listing, redistribution, or any commercial use.

Zillow

LiftMonkey resolves the photo tour on a Zillow home-details listing, and pulls out the address, list price, and listing agent's phone number as copyable caption fields. Paste a home-details URL — search results, building pages, and agent profiles won't work.

URLs that work:

  • Listing pages: zillow.com/homedetails/<address-slug>/<zpid>_zpid/
  • The slug-less form zillow.com/homedetails/<zpid>_zpid/ works too.
  • Share-link tracking (the iOS "share listing" ?utm_campaign=iosappmessage… params) is stripped automatically.

Media returned: the listing's own photo tour (use the gallery picker to save individual photos, or Download all). The "similar homes" / "nearby homes" carousels are other listings and aren't included. When only the cover photo is exposed, you'll get a single photo.

Known limitations: Zillow runs aggressive bot detection — if a listing comes back blocked, turn the residential proxy on and retry. 3D home tours and walkthrough videos aren't supported in v1.

Personal use only. Zillow listing photos are the listing agent's / MLS copyrighted marketing material, not your content. Save them for personal reference — for example, a home you're buying, selling, or comparing — not for re-listing, advertising, redistribution, or any commercial use.

Something not working?

Platforms change their URL formats often. If a link you expect to work comes back as "couldn't detect platform," it's usually a new URL shape we haven't added yet. See Troubleshooting for what to do.