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0 pointsimtringued5y ago0 comments

Why not simply create a youtube-login command that does nothing but launch an electron instance that lets you login into youtube and then returns the cookie?

youtube-dl could then call that command to obtain the cookie.

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TechBro86155y ago

There’s a good chance that behavior would result in a CAPTCHA.

naniwaduni5y ago

The idea, I think, is that it literally launches a browser to let a human do the whole thing.

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