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How to - Archive Twitter videos to Catbox

submitted by Fascinus to videos 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 17:02:05 ago (+12/-0)     (videos)

Here is the current method I use to archive videos hosted on twitter to Catbox. It's super easy and takes practically no time at all.

Suggestions for improvements are welcome.

1. Copy twitter URL

2. Navigate to https://ssstwitter.com/

3. Paste twitter URL in text box labeled Insert link.

a. Note the example URL displayed below the text “Your link should look like this:”. See how it doesn’t use the mobile twitter domain or include a URLstring?

b. If the link pasted in step 3 points to “mobile.twitter.com”, delete the “mobile.” portion of the domain so that the link now points to “twitter.com” instead.

4. Click the Download button to the right of the text box containing the target URL.

5. If videos are found, the next screen should display an image, beneath which will appear one or more buttons enabling download of the content at varying resolutions, e.g. Download 640x624. Copy the URL for the desired option (I always go with the highest available and haven’t had any issues so far).

Note: I have noticed that, if the link contains a lengthy URLString, SSSTwitter may complain about the link format. If you encounter the same behavior, you might try removing everything after the “?” in the URL and try that instead.

6. Navigate to https://catbox.moe/ (or preferred image host). Select the text Upload via URL displayed beneath the box labeled Select or drop files. [A text box labeled Put your link in here, onii-chan~ should appear.](https://files.catbox.moe/5gkvbn.png)

7. Paste the sssTwitter download link copied in step 5 into the new text box described in step 6. Click the button beneath labeled Go!

8. Shortly afterward, the screen should refresh, displaying notification of completion, along with a URL of the archived content.

There you have it. With a trivial bit of effort on your part, you have preserved a copy of content posted to Twitter, making it less susceptible to being memory-holed while potentially making it available to a wider audience. Go you!


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[ - ] deleted 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 3, 2021 18:28:34 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Fascinus [op] 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 3, 2021 18:44:23 ago (+1/-0)

No, I haven't.

I'll be sure to check it out though.

Thanks for mentioning it :)

One of the outcomes I was hoping for with posting these How-Tos (got another one ready to go for wbem conversion if Catbox would come back up :) is that others would have suggestions for improvement, such as alternate methods to achieve the same outcome and, potentially, build a community of practice where we all benefit from our collective knowledge and experience.

[ - ] Systemisgay 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 23:21:52 ago (+1/-0)

There needs to be a bot for this

[ - ] Fascinus [op] 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 23:39:07 ago (+1/-0)

I've thought about writing some, for this and other functions.

Anyone happen to have any suggestions as to where one could host services like this anonymously?

[ - ] allahead 1 point 3.2 yearsFeb 9, 2022 12:08:04 ago (+1/-0)

[ - ] Fascinus [op] 0 points 3.2 yearsFeb 9, 2022 12:08:31 ago (+0/-0)

Thank you :)

[ - ] deleted 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 17:27:47 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Fascinus [op] 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 18:47:09 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks for the feedback :)

I use getmytweet.com

Appreciate the information. I'll check it out.


Your post format could be better, hyperlinked images don't (currently) embed.

Could you offer an example? If there's a better way to present images I'd prefer to do it that way instead.


Either method is very simple to re-host a twatter video, the challenge is getting low-effort posters to do this instead of just being lazy and linking directly to twatter.

The impetus for the post was more about responding to inquiries about how to do it than trying to get folks to change their behavior.

As far as that goes, I find it best to lead by example and solve the problem instead of complaining about it. Since we happen to be discussing the matter, I noticed you doing the same thing the other day by breaking down The Destroyer's great wall of text.

Thanks for that and for the other things you do to make voat a better place :)

[ - ] deleted 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 19:46:05 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Fascinus [op] 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 2, 2021 19:55:05 ago (+1/-0)

I see what you mean now about the images embedding. That is an improvement.

Thanks :)

[ - ] deleted 1 point 3.4 yearsDec 3, 2021 18:19:51 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Fascinus [op] 0 points 3.4 yearsDec 3, 2021 18:34:57 ago (+0/-0)

I saw you mention that in a comment to another user in response to someone linking directly to TikTok a while back.

I haven't had occasion to use it and, yes, it is linked from the SSSTwitter site.