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		imtringued on Nov 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube-dl's repository has been restored 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.

TechBro8615 on Nov 16, 2020 [–]

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

naniwaduni on Nov 17, 2020 | [–]

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

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