Add optional cookies.txt support for authenticated downloads#25
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Sites like X/Twitter require login to access certain content — this lets yt-dlp use a cookies.txt file (Netscape format) when one is present, so those downloads just work. - app.py checks for cookies.txt and passes --cookies to yt-dlp - docker-compose.yml bind-mounts the file into the container - cookies.txt added to .gitignore since it contains session data
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…an#14 — cookies, playlist, AAC, GIF, batch download - averygan#25: cookies.txt support (COOKIES_FILE auto-detected, passed to all yt-dlp calls) - averygan#28: YouTube playlist expansion via /api/playlist endpoint (flat-playlist -J) - averygan#29: Force AAC audio codec (-S acodec:aac) for all video/audio downloads - averygan#20: GIF export via ffmpeg 2-pass palettegen/paletteuse, 15fps, max 480px width - averygan#14: Batch download via /api/batch/download + /api/batch/status, ThreadPoolExecutor(3), parallel Download All
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Summary
Some sites (X/Twitter and Youtube) require authentication to serve certain content. Without cookies, yt-dlp just returns "No video could be found in this tweet" and there's no way around it.
This adds optional
cookies.txtsupport:cookies.txtfile exists in the project root, yt-dlp will use it for both info fetching and downloadsdocker-compose.ymlbind-mounts the file into the container so it's available at runtimecookies.txtis gitignored since it contains session dataUsage
cookies.txtin the project rootWorks for any site where yt-dlp supports cookie-based auth, not just X.