fb-downloader v1.0.16

Download HD videos from Facebook (Axios 1.13.2)

Maintained & Forked By

@renpwn

Originally developed by:

• TIKAM CHAND MEGHWANSHI
• RFS-ADRENO / XaviaBot

This package is a fork & maintained version of @xaviabot/fb-downloader, updated to use Axios v1.13.2 (locked) for better stability and long-term compatibility.

The library provides a simple JavaScript API to extract SD & HD Facebook video URLs, title, and thumbnail.

✔ Promise-based ✔ Axios 1.x compatible ✔ Node.js ≥ 16 recommended ✔ MIT License

📦 Installation

npm install @renpwn/fb-downloader

🚀 Usage Example

CommonJS

const getFBInfo = require("@renpwn/fb-downloader");

getFBInfo("https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=272591278381388")
  .then((result) => console.log("Result:", result))
  .catch((error) => console.log("Error:", error));

ES Module

import getFBInfo from "@renpwn/fb-downloader";

const result = await getFBInfo(
  "https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=272591278381388"
);

console.log(result);

Async / Await

async function printFBInfo() {
  try {
    const result = await getFBInfo(
      "https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=272591278381388"
    );
    console.log("Result:", result);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error:", error);
  }
}

printFBInfo();

🍪 Cookies & User-Agent (Optional)

For private / age-restricted videos, pass Facebook cookies and user-agent:

const cookies = "your-facebook-cookies";
const userAgent = "your-user-agent";

getFBInfo(
  "https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=272591278381388",
  cookies,
  userAgent
)
  .then(console.log)
  .catch(console.error);

📤 Output Format

{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=272591278381388",
  "sd": "https://video.fbcdn.net/....mp4",
  "hd": "https://scontent.fbcdn.net/....mp4",
  "title": "Date Gone Wrong 😆🤦‍♂️",
  "thumbnail": "https://scontent.fbcdn.net/....jpg"
}

🔒 Dependency Policy

This package locks Axios version to avoid breaking changes:

"axios": "1.13.2"

⚠️ Notes & Limitations

• ❌ Live videos not supported
• ❌ Some private videos may fail without cookies
• ⚠️ Facebook may change markup at any time

📜 License

MIT License Original work by TIKAM CHAND MEGHWANSHI & RFS-ADRENO Maintained & updated by @renpwn

⭐ Credits

• Original repo: https://github.com/RFS-ADRENO/fb-downloader
• Axios: https://github.com/axios/axios