https://github.com/ranfysvalle02/yt-cookie-magic
https://github.com/ranfysvalle02/yt-cookie-magic
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ranfysvalle02/yt-cookie-magic
- Owner: ranfysvalle02
- Created: 2025-01-10T20:23:41.000Z (9 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-10T20:25:00.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-22T21:19:00.688Z (9 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 2.93 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# yt-cookie-magic
---
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies
YouTube rotates cookies frequently on open YouTube browser tabs as a security measure. To export cookies that will remain working with yt-dlp, you will need to export cookies in such a way that they are never rotated.
One way to do this is through a private browsing/incognito window:
Open a new private browsing/incognito window and log into YouTube
Open a new tab and close the YouTube tab
Export cookies from the browser then close the private browsing/incognito window so the session is never opened in the browser again.
---
```
import browser_cookie3
import os
import yt_dlp
def export_cookies_to_file(output_file):
"""
Fetch cookies from an incognito/private browsing session and save them to a file in Netscape cookie format.
"""
cookies = browser_cookie3.chrome() # Fetch cookies from Chrome (update to firefox() for Firefox)
# Write cookies to a file in Netscape cookie format
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
f.write("# Netscape HTTP Cookie File\n")
f.write("# This file was generated by a script.\n")
for cookie in cookies:
# Use leading '#' for domains starting with '.' per Netscape format
domain = f"#{cookie.domain}" if cookie.domain.startswith('.') else cookie.domain
f.write(f"{domain}\t"
f"{'TRUE' if cookie.domain.startswith('.') else 'FALSE'}\t"
f"{cookie.path}\t"
f"{'TRUE' if cookie.secure else 'FALSE'}\t"
f"{cookie.expires or 0}\t"
f"{cookie.name}\t"
f"{cookie.value}\n")
print(f"Cookies exported to {output_file}")
def download_video_with_cookies(video_url, cookies_file):
"""
Use yt-dlp to download a video using the specified cookies file.
"""
ydl_opts = {
'cookiefile': cookies_file,
'quiet': False, # Set to True to suppress output
'outtmpl': '%(title)s.%(ext)s', # Output filename template
}
with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
ydl.download([video_url])
def main():
cookies_file = 'incognito_youtube_cookies.txt' # File to save cookies
video_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' # Replace with your desired video URL
# Export cookies to file (ensure this is done in an incognito/private session)
export_cookies_to_file(cookies_file)
# Use yt-dlp to download the video with the exported cookies
try:
download_video_with_cookies(video_url, cookies_file)
finally:
# Clean up: remove cookies file for security
if os.path.exists(cookies_file):
os.remove(cookies_file)
print("Cookies file removed for security.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
```