jackwener__opencli/docs/advanced/download.md

Download Support

OpenCLI supports downloading images, videos, and articles from supported platforms.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Content Types	Notes
xiaohongshu	Images, Videos	Downloads all media from a note
bilibili	Videos	Requires yt-dlp installed
twitter	Images, Videos	Downloads from user media tab or single tweet
zhihu	Articles (Markdown)	Exports articles with optional image download

Prerequisites

For video downloads from streaming platforms, install yt-dlp:

# Install yt-dlp
pip install yt-dlp
# or
brew install yt-dlp

Usage Examples

# Download images/videos from Xiaohongshu note
opencli xiaohongshu download --note-id abc123 --output ./xhs

# Download Bilibili video (requires yt-dlp)
opencli bilibili download --bvid BV1xxx --output ./bilibili
opencli bilibili download --bvid BV1xxx --quality 1080p

# Download Twitter media from user
opencli twitter download elonmusk --limit 20 --output ./twitter

# Download single tweet media
opencli twitter download --tweet-url "https://x.com/user/status/123" --output ./twitter

# Export Zhihu article to Markdown
opencli zhihu download "https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/xxx" --output ./zhihu

# Export with local images
opencli zhihu download "https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/xxx" --download-images

Pipeline Step (YAML Adapters)

The download step can be used in YAML pipelines:

::: v-pre

pipeline:
  - fetch: https://api.example.com/media
  - download:
      url: ${{ item.imageUrl }}
      dir: ./downloads
      filename: ${{ item.title | sanitize }}.jpg
      concurrency: 5
      skip_existing: true

:::