From 27d41d73655b8fbf2dedf88cac96220520d526b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sophira Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 15:49:31 +0000 Subject: [doc] Recommend "Get cookies.txt LOCALLY" extension in README.md (#31763) * remove link to suspect "Get cookies.txt" extension, dropped from Chrome store * link to new Manifest V3-compatible open-source "Get cookies.txt LOCALLY" extension. Fixes #31465. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6e07ddb1c..227e34046 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ Either prepend `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=` or separate the ID from the op 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, [Get cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt/bgaddhkoddajcdgocldbbfleckgcbcid/) (for Chrome) or [cookies.txt](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/) (for Firefox). +In order to extract cookies from browser use any conforming browser extension for exporting cookies. For example, [Get cookies.txt LOCALLY](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt-locally/cclelndahbckbenkjhflpdbgdldlbecc) (for Chrome) or [cookies.txt](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/) (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 and `LF` (`\n`) for Unix and Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.). `HTTP Error 400: Bad Request` when using `--cookies` is a good sign of invalid newline format. -- cgit v1.2.3