fork from github/youtube-local

youtube/fetch_youtube_cookies.py

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+import time
+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
+import os
+
+def save_cookies_to_txt(cookies, path):
+    with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        for cookie in cookies:
+            if 'name' in cookie and 'value' in cookie:
+                f.write(f"{cookie['name']}={cookie['value']}\n")
+
+def main():
+    # Update this path to your actual Mercury profile directory
+    mercury_profile_path = r"C:/Users/spong/AppData/Roaming/mercury/Profiles"
+    # Auto-detect the first profile (or let user specify)
+    profiles = [d for d in os.listdir(mercury_profile_path) if d.endswith('.default') or d.endswith('.default-release') or d.endswith('.default-esr')]
+    if not profiles:
+        print("No Mercury profiles found in:", mercury_profile_path)
+        return
+    profile_dir = os.path.join(mercury_profile_path, profiles[0])
+    print(f"Using Mercury profile: {profile_dir}")
+    firefox_options = Options()
+    firefox_options.set_preference('profile', profile_dir)
+    # Set Mercury browser binary location
+    firefox_options.binary_location = r"C:/Program Files/Mercury/mercury.exe"  # Update this path if needed
+    print("Opening Mercury browser to https://www.youtube.com using your real profile ...")
+    driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=firefox_options)
+    driver.get('https://www.youtube.com')
+    print("If not already logged in, log in to your YouTube account in the opened browser window.")
+    input("Press Enter here after you have logged in and the YouTube homepage is fully loaded...")
+    cookies = driver.get_cookies()
+    cookies_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cookies.txt')
+    save_cookies_to_txt(cookies, cookies_path)
+    print(f"Cookies saved to {cookies_path}")
+    driver.quit()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()