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| author | Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com> | 2016-08-25 18:17:45 +0700 |
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| committer | Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com> | 2016-08-25 18:17:45 +0700 |
| commit | ea01cdbf61c9a689e7914dd2d06371f3ef73b490 (patch) | |
| tree | ecbf6be665b94893a9c7d3f25383727587e8f876 | |
| parent | 6a76b53355947eef2a534d8f2505ed683db8754f (diff) | |
[README.md] Clarify how to export cookies from browser for cookies FAQ entry
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@@ -812,7 +812,11 @@ Either prepend `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=` or separate the ID from the opt ### How do I pass cookies to youtube-dl? -Use the `--cookies` option, for example `--cookies /path/to/cookies/file.txt`. Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the first line of the cookies file must be either `# HTTP Cookie File` or `# Netscape HTTP Cookie File`. Make sure you have correct [newline format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) in the cookies file and convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely `CRLF` (`\r\n`) for Windows, `LF` (`\n`) for Linux and `CR` (`\r`) for Mac OS. `HTTP Error 400: Bad Request` when using `--cookies` is a good sign of invalid newline format. +Use the `--cookies` option, for example `--cookies /path/to/cookies/file.txt`. + +In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser extension for exporting cookies. For example, [cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg) (for Chrome) or [Export Cookies](https://addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/export-cookies/) (for Firefox). + +Note that the cookies file must be in Mozilla/Netscape format and the first line of the cookies file must be either `# HTTP Cookie File` or `# Netscape HTTP Cookie File`. Make sure you have correct [newline format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) in the cookies file and convert newlines if necessary to correspond with your OS, namely `CRLF` (`\r\n`) for Windows, `LF` (`\n`) for Linux and `CR` (`\r`) for Mac OS. `HTTP Error 400: Bad Request` when using `--cookies` is a good sign of invalid newline format. Passing cookies to youtube-dl is a good way to workaround login when a particular extractor does not implement it explicitly. Another use case is working around [CAPTCHA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) some websites require you to solve in particular cases in order to get access (e.g. YouTube, CloudFlare). |