Snapchat Memory Downloader

Recently, Snapchat introduced a 5GB limit on Memories, so if you want a complete backup of all your memories, you need to download your data manually. This Python script helps you download all your Snapchat memories from a JSON export.

As seen on: https://www.tiktok.com/@giraintech/video/7583879890265558280

Getting Your Snapchat Data

1. Open Snapchat and go to Settings → My Data.
2. Request your Memories and select JSON formatting.
3. Snapchat will email you a link to download a ZIP file containing your exported data.
4. Extract the ZIP file and locate the JSON file to use with this script.

How It Works

1. Export your Snapchat memories as a JSON file from Snapchat.
2. Provide the location of that JSON file in the script (JSON_FILE variable).
3. Choose the output directory where you want all your memories to be saved (OUTPUT_DIR variable).

Tip for macOS users: If you want to save directly to an external drive, use the path format /Volumes/Name_of_Drive.

4. Run the script:

python3 download_snapchat.py

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Internet connection (to download media files)
• urllib (comes with Python standard library)
• Access to the JSON export from Snapchat

Troubleshooting

❌ HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

This is normal and expected.

Snapchat download links expire after some time and can only be used a limited number of times so if you are running this program a bit after downloading the json. You might need to re-export a new json from Snapchat. Re-run the code and use the new memories_history.json