Video pins and image pins
Pinterest mixes two kinds of pins in one feed, and a link does not tell you which one you are holding. The downloader opens the pin and looks: if it has video, you get the video as an MP4; if it is a picture, you get the picture.
Video pins are fetched at the best quality Pinterest serves and packaged as a standard MP4 that plays in Telegram, on phones and on desktop players.
Images at their original size
In the feed Pinterest shows every image scaled down to fit the grid, often a fraction of its real size. Behind each pin is an originals version: the file as it was uploaded. The downloader lists every version Pinterest has, picks the largest one and sends that – a pin that appears 236 pixels wide in the feed is often 1000 or more at full size.
In the bot, the image is sent as a Telegram photo. Telegram recompresses photos a little on the way, so when you need the exact original file, byte for byte, use the web version.
Links that work
- Pin links –
pinterest.com/pin/123…, plus every country domain:pinterest.co.uk,pinterest.de,pinterest.com.auand so on. - Short links – the
pin.it/…links from the share button, followed to the pin first. - Boards – not supported as a whole. A link is one pin, which keeps a board link from starting hundreds of downloads by accident.
More than Pinterest
Looking for the same kind of content elsewhere? The Instagram photo downloader saves photos and carousels at full size. The YouTube thumbnail downloader gets any video's cover in HD. The TikTok downloader saves short videos without the watermark.