- Visit the OnlyFans Profile media area
- Get the video media "into the browser"
- Copy the URL & use yt-dlp to download
- Go to the profile's "media area" at
https://onlyfans.com/USERNAME/media - Select "photo" or "video" or whatever type of media you're trying to download
- Open devtools to the network tab (right click > inspect > network) & enable "preserve logs"
OnlyFans doesn't actually put video embeds or video elements into the pages of the profiles, they just put images and when you click on them it initiates the video player. For this reason you have to actually play the video before the downloadable content will be in your network requests.
- Click "play" on a video you want to download
- Filter for
mp4 - Click the entry with
Content-Type: video/mp4and copy the Request URL (you’ll see Policy=, Signature=, Key-Pair-Id=).
- Download the video using
yt-dlpin your Terminal program
# syntax
yt-dlp "REPLACE_ME_WITH_URL"# example
yt-dlp "https://cdn2.onlyfans.com/files/a/a0/a078f3ba245dd09b477df84023ab1108/0i72wu532n4j9cb21lyfq_720p.mp4?Tag=2&u=382954651&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NkbjIub25seWZhbnMuY29tXC9maWxlc1wvYVwvYTBcL2EwNzhmM2JhMjQ1ZGQwOWI0NzdkZjg0MDIzYWIxMTA4XC8waTcyd3U1MzJuNGo5Y2IyMWx5ZnFfNzIwcC5tcDQ~VGFnPTImdT0zODI5NTQ2NTEiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE3NjI1ODg4MDB9LCJJcEFkZHJlc3MiOnsiQVdTOlNvdXJjZUlwIjoiNTAuMTU4Ljc5LjEwN1wvMzIifX19XX0_&Signature=J1eBtKh~tY8jJzBFuflZrF5aA84IYLKuLsXFX70vgu2uXNc88ec6wAcQ923XrnxBys-fPM2IWCjhm9D4-E-jWxOrIoD4fI0BZ3rhw0CdDo8SRnyq3Eqs1Vp1ESqckR0gt1LFS0LOg29i~Zcq7IlMCUQvCTCZe-mYv4fa0oxzqfqg6MGm2-0Bw~LCMT0koDjTJ-Pd8fuU6QqbHZMuMF2-HTGoPjg8aiogPK3JXriNkjr0EPP6tlVmGmG4zKxiIae1ahU4M~VdhMZeI0IN3xRDIP4pOJztEeD5lzF1l~RtUS07lcQO7UWRa~a6IHNagbtxzvf5mXPVk6M1~yFCjs7DeA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAUSX4CWPPATFK2DGD"Note: The URL is time‑limited. If it expires (403/AccessDenied), re‑capture a fresh link. Use headers/cookies only if the server requires them.
