handles cookies for yt_dlp using firefox browser

app.py

@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ def download_video(url, request):
     if not os.path.exists(output_path):
         os.mkdir(output_path)
 
+    # get cookies
+    export_cookies_path = "/cache/exported_cookies.txt"
+    try:
+        ydl_opts_export_cookies = {
+            'cookiesfrombrowser': 'firefox', # Try firefox, or 'chrome', 'edge', etc.
+            'cookiefile': export_cookies_path,
+            'quiet': True,
+        }
+        print(f"Attempting to export cookies from Firefox to {export_cookies_path}...")
+        with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts_export_cookies) as ydl:
+            # A dummy URL is often sufficient for cookie export
+            ydl.extract_info("https://www.youtube.com", download=False)
+        print("Cookies exported successfully (if Firefox was installed and logged in).")
+
+    except yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError as e:
+        print(f"Could not export cookies from browser: {e}")
+        print("Please ensure a supported browser is installed and logged in, or manually create a 'cookies.txt' file.")
+
+
+    
     # get video
     ydl_opts_video = {
         'format': 'worst[ext=mp4]',