Import YouTube

[archos]

Hi,
I’m running PeerTube on Cloudron and I’m trying to get YouTube imports working, but they now require login (yt-dlp error: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot).

What I tried:

Exported cookies.txt from my browser (Netscape format, starts with # Netscape HTTP Cookie File).

Placed the file at /app/data/storage/cookies.txt.

Edited /app/data/config/production.yaml and added:

import:
  youtube_dl:
    args: "--cookies /app/data/storage/cookies.txt"

Has anyone tried to set this up?
Maybe I’m doing something wrong. Any advice would be appreciated.

[robi]

Check permissions/owner on that file or just restart the App.

[archos]

@robi Thanks for the reply
All files are owned by the cloudron user. I also restarted the app, but the problem still persists.

[robi]

@archos check logs?

[archos]

@robi In the logs I always see this:

ERROR: [youtube] ***: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot.  
Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication.  
See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp

[robi]

@archos said in Import YouTube:

--cookies-from-browser

did you try this?

[archos]

@robi said in Import YouTube:

--cookies-from-browser

did you try this?
Yes, I also tried --cookies-from-browser, but I uploaded a cookies.txt file into PeerTube.
I added the path to the file in the import section of production.yaml and restarted the instance.
Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but I have no idea how else to do it.

[robi]

You seem to be doing it right.

I'd suggest running the command from the terminal manually to test if the issue is with yt-dlp or with how Peertube uses it.

Also visit Peertube's Github issues and see what other users are experiencing.

[archos]

@robi Ok, I’ll give it a try. I’ll also search the PeerTube GitHub to see if someone has already reported this issue.
Thanks a lot for your time and the information.