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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by imtringued on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:56PM (#25117485)
Why not simply create a youtube-login command that does nothing but launch an electron instance that lets you login into youtube and then returns the cookie?

youtube-dl could then call that command to obtain the cookie.

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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by TechBro8615 on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:08PM (#25117652)
There’s a good chance that behavior would result in a CAPTCHA.
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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by naniwaduni on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:27PM (#25119685)
The idea, I think, is that it literally launches a browser to let a human do the whole thing.
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