ffcurl.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# ffcurl
#
# This curl that automatically uses your firefox cookies.  Use it like you would normally
# use curl.  Report bugs to michael@nuttnet.  Or better yet, fork it from:
#
# http://gist.github.com/393140
#
# Also for webkit/safari: http://gist.github.com/393141

require 'rubygems'
require 'fileutils'
require 'sqlite3'
require 'uri'

url = ARGV.select{|a| a =~ /http/ }.first
host = URI.split(url)[2]
top_level_host = host.split('.').slice(-2, 2).join('.')

if File.directory? "#{ENV['HOME']}/Library"
  cookie_file = Dir["#{ENV['HOME']}/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/**/cookies.sqlite"].first
else
  cookie_file = Dir["#{ENV['HOME']}/.mozilla/firefox/**/cookies.sqlite"].first
end

FileUtils.cp(cookie_file, "/tmp/.ffcurl_db")

db = SQLite3::Database.new("/tmp/.ffcurl_db")

File.open("/tmp/.ffcurl_cookie", "w") do |f|
  db.execute("SELECT host, 'TRUE', path, case isSecure when 0 then 'FALSE' else 'TRUE' end, expiry, name, value FROM moz_cookies WHERE host LIKE '%#{top_level_host}'") do |row|
    f.write(row.join("\t") + "\n")
  end
end

cmd = "curl " + ARGV.join(' ') + " --cookie /tmp/.ffcurl_cookie"
Kernel.exec(cmd)