26 Aug 2024
To download session-protected files from a website, you need to send the cookies along with the request.
This Chrome browser extension allows you to easily download the cookies from a website and save them as a cookies.txt file:
For example, it makes this script now work to download (and convert) Youtube videos that Pulltube or unprotected scripts couldn't:
import yt_dlp
def download_audio_from_playlist(playlist_url, output_dir, cookies_file):
ydl_opts = {
'format': 'bestaudio/best', # Choose the best quality audio
'postprocessors': [{
'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
'preferredcodec': 'mp3', # or 'wav', 'aac', etc.
'preferredquality': '192', # Set the desired quality
}],
'outtmpl': f'{output_dir}/%(title)s.%(ext)s', # Output template
'noplaylist': False, # Ensure the entire playlist is downloaded
'ignoreerrors': True, # Continue even if some videos have errors
'quiet': False, # Suppress verbose output
'cookiefile': cookies_file, # Use cookies to bypass restrictions
}
with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
ydl.download([playlist_url])
if __name__ == "__main__":
playlist_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
output_dir = "/Users/xxxxxx/Downloads/"
cookies_file = "/Users/xxxxxx/Downloads/cookies.txt" # Update this path to your cookies file
download_audio_from_playlist(playlist_url, output_dir, cookies_file)