fork from github/youtube-local

youtube/extract_cookies_from_json.py

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+import json
+import os
+
+# List of cookie names needed for YouTube authentication
+NEEDED_COOKIES = [
+    'SID', 'HSID', 'SSID', 'APISID', 'SAPISID', 'LOGIN_INFO', 'YSC', 'PREF', 'VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE',
+    'SIDCC', 'SECURE3PSID', 'SECURE3PAPISID', 'SECURE3PSIDCC', 'SID', 'SSID', 'HSID', 'SSID', 'APISID', 'SAPISID'
+]
+
+def extract_and_save_cookies(json_path, txt_path):
+    with open(json_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        cookies = json.load(f)
+    found = 0
+    with open(txt_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+        for cookie in cookies:
+            name = cookie.get('Name raw')
+            value = cookie.get('Content raw')
+            if name in NEEDED_COOKIES and value:
+                out.write(f"{name}={value}\n")
+                found += 1
+    print(f"Saved {found} cookies to {txt_path}")
+    if found == 0:
+        print("No needed cookies found! Check your JSON export and NEEDED_COOKIES list.")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Update these paths as needed
+    json_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cookies_export.json')
+    txt_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cookies.txt')
+    extract_and_save_cookies(json_path, txt_path)