twspace-crawler

Node.js script & command-line app to automatically monitor & download Twitter Spaces.

UPDATE 2023-07-01: SINCE TWITTER CHANGED THEIR APIS, READ INSTALLATION FIRST

Contents

1. Requirements
2. Env
3. Docker
4. Installation
5. Usage
6. Options
7. Commands
8. Webhooks
9. Changelog

Requirements

• Node.js (>=14)
• FFMPEG

Env

Name	Desc
LOG_LEVEL	-
TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN	-
TWITTER_CSRF_TOKEN	-
SKIP_DOWNLOAD	-
SKIP_DOWNLOAD_AUDIO	-
SKIP_DOWNLOAD_CAPTION	-

Docker

Recommended

Monitor users

• See example

• Download docker-compose.yaml & config.yaml

• Sign in Twitter

• Open DevTools (F12) > Application > Storage > Cookies

• Update docker compose environment

  • TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN: Value of auth_token
  • TWITTER_CSRF_TOKEN: Value of ct0

• Run

  docker compose up -d

Download Space

docker run --rm \
  -e TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN=<auth_token> \
  -e TWITTER_CSRF_TOKEN=<csrf_token> \
  -v ./logs:/app/logs \
  -v ./download:/app/download \
  ghcr.io/hitomarukonpaku/twspace-crawler \
  --id 1mnGeRRRwkrJX

Installation

FULL INSTALLATION

Command-line installation

npm install --global twspace-crawler

Module installation

npm install twspace-crawler

Usage

Monitor user(s) indefinitely, wait for live Space and download when Space ended

twspace-crawler --user nakiriayame,LaplusDarknesss

twspace-crawler --env ./.env --config ./config.json

Monitor & download Space by id

twspace-crawler --id 1yoJMWvbybNKQ

Download Space by playlist url

twspace-crawler --url https://prod-fastly-ap-northeast-1.video.pscp.tv/Transcoding/v1/hls/1Nq1QFkYTQ4v1X4BTV_aJ_pFeQhYyuYXY7ykz5xB7v5NvGwFMJMKwnRBmxyi9twF4BZ90ZKks5wdGKqESVsjLw...

Download Space by playlist url with additional metadata (if Space url still available)

twspace-crawler --id 1yoJMWvbybNKQ --url https://prod-fastly-ap-northeast-1.video.pscp.tv/Transcoding/v1/hls/1Nq1QFkYTQ4v1X4BTV_aJ_pFeQhYyuYXY7ykz5xB7v5NvGwFMJMKwnRBmxyi9twF4BZ90ZKks5wdGKqESVsjLw...

Options

General options

  -h, --help                        Display help
  -d, --debug                       Show debug logs

One-time download options

  --id <SPACE_ID>                   Monitor & download live Space with its id
  -surl, --space-url <SPACE_URL>    Monitor & download live Space with its URL
  --force                           Force download Space when using with --id
  --url <PLAYLIST_URL>              Download Space using playlist url

User monitoring options

  --env <ENV_PATH>                  Path to .env file, default to current working
                                    folder (See .env.example)
  --config <CONFIG_PATH>            Path to config file (See config.example.json)
  --user <USER>                     Monitor & download live Spaces from users
                                    indefinitely, separate by comma (,)

Additional options

  --skip-download                   Do not download anything
  --skip-download-audio             Do not download audio
  --skip-download-caption           Do not download caption

  --notification                    Show notification about new live Space
  --force-open                      Force open Space in browser

Commands

Use to manually process audio/captions

List

• cc

  download|d <SPACE_ID> <ENDPOINT> <TOKEN>  Download Space captions, with
                                            - ENDPOINT: Chat endpoint
                                            - TOKEN: Chat access token

  extract|e <FILE> [STARTED_AT]             Extract Space captions

Example

twspace-crawler cc d 1yoJMWneoZwKQ https://prod-chatman-ancillary-ap-northeast-1.pscp.tv 2Ozpcu2xxqb5wxMdkyodUCygOrbYMLv8rq...

twspace-crawler cc e /download/sample_cc.jsonl

twspace-crawler cc e /download/sample_cc.jsonl 1633612289669

Webhooks

Currently support Discord Webooks

Check config.example.yaml or config.example.json for more detail