Extract cookie data from firefox for streamlink tvplayer plugin

cookie-fetch.sh

#!/bin/bash

prof=`grep "Path" ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini|cut -d '=' -f 2|tail -1`

cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/$prof/cookies.sqlite ~/.cookies.sqlite

persist=`sqlite3 ~/.cookies.sqlite "select value from moz_cookies where baseDomain like '%vplayer%' and name='persistence-v2';"`

rm ~/.cookies.sqlite

streamlink --http-cookie persistence-v2="$persist" --tvplayer-email user@example.com --tvplayer-password password --player=vlc https://tvplayer.com/watch/channel4 best

Hello Chris, Could you verify if this script is still fetching the cookie properly? It was not for me, but then again, I could have been doing something very stupid. ta, t.

Hi, I used it just the other day and it seems fine. The cookie does expire after a few weeks though so you may need to login to the tvplayer site from the browser and start a stream to update the cookie. Hope that helps!

I did a comparison of the two cookies, between your script and from Firefox. There was a big difference. If you want, I can email the difference to you. Seriously, for me the script's cookie did not work for tvplayer. I had to manually fetch it from the Firefox cookie. t.

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On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 00:35, chrisarnott86 ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, I used it just the other day and it seems fine. The cookie does expire after a few weeks though so you may need to login to the tvplayer site from the browser and start a stream to update the cookie. Hope that helps! — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://gist.github.com/3e55ca7edf39a358f9375964539d77fb?email_source=notifications&email_token=ADITO3LMQDBGLLQAX23HNP3QWTCEZA5CNFSM4JTNZUFKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVNDWS43UINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTQAF5CXU#gistcomment-3097978>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADITO3MXQISQTQ3ZVNQ3DLTQWTCEZANCNFSM4JTNZUFA> .

My script is pretty dumb when it comes to choosing the correct firefox profile, it may be that it's picking up a cookie from an old profile. I'm sure you'll be able to adjust the prof=grep "Path" ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini|cut -d '=' -f 2|tail -1 line to make sure it gets the correct profile. Go to about:profiles in firefox to verify which one is the active one.

Here are the differences: the script's cookie (which tvplayer does not like): 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 the cookie straight from firefox (which does work with tvplayer): 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%3D Can you verify if you get this on your box? t.

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On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 06:10, chrisarnott86 ***@***.***> wrote: My script is pretty dumb when it comes to choosing the correct firefox profile, it may be that it's picking up a cookie from an old profile. I'm sure you'll be able to adjust the prof=grep "Path" ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini|cut -d '=' -f 2|tail -1` line to make sure it gets the correct profile. Go to about:profiles in firefox to verify which one is the active one. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://gist.github.com/3e55ca7edf39a358f9375964539d77fb?email_source=notifications&email_token=ADITO3M3PJHQ73T4UJPCATTQWUJMJA5CNFSM4JTNZUFKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVNDWS43UINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTQAF5DKY#gistcomment-3098284>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADITO3MBRKLPSC72CNB4KYDQWUJMJANCNFSM4JTNZUFA> .

I checked that the script pulls the same value as is in the broswer. If you're getting a value that's different then it must be coming from a different firefox profile, or maybe you've got extra cookies stored that meet the same query parameters? Have you got more than one entry for persistence-v2 when you browse the cookies in firefox?