From fcb6f32df2f7080d58bca61786296c5fb64fc085 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedikt Peetz <benedikt.peetz@b-peetz.de>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 18:24:35 +0200
Subject: feat(yt/{config,download}): Allow specifying a cookie file

---
 crates/yt/src/cli.rs                                  |  5 +++++
 .../download/implm/download/download_options.rs       | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/mod.rs |  4 ++--
 crates/yt/src/commands/mod.rs                         |  2 +-
 crates/yt/src/config/mod.rs                           | 10 ++++++++++
 crates/yt/src/main.rs                                 |  4 +++-
 6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/yt/src/cli.rs b/crates/yt/src/cli.rs
index 9a24403..dbdcdd1 100644
--- a/crates/yt/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/yt/src/cli.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ pub(crate) struct CliArgs {
     #[arg(long, short)]
     pub(crate) db_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 
+    /// Set the cookie file to be passed to `yt_dlp`. This overrides the default and the value from
+    /// the config file.
+    #[arg(long, short = 'P')]
+    pub(crate) cookies: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Set the path to the config.toml.
     /// This overrides the default.
     #[arg(long, short)]
diff --git a/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/download_options.rs b/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/download_options.rs
index c9e5272..4174266 100644
--- a/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/download_options.rs
+++ b/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/download_options.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ use super::hooks::{wrapped_progress_hook, wrapped_post_processor_hook};
 
 pub(crate) fn download_opts(
     app: &App,
-    subtitle_langs: Option<&String>,
+    subtitle_langs: Option<&str>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<YoutubeDL> {
-    YoutubeDLOptions::new()
+    let base = YoutubeDLOptions::new()
         .with_progress_hook(wrapped_progress_hook)
         .with_post_processor_hook(wrapped_post_processor_hook)
         .set("extract_flat", "in_playlist")
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ pub(crate) fn download_opts(
             }
             },
         )
-        //.set("cookiesfrombrowser", json! {("firefox", "me.google", None::<String>, "youtube_dlp")})
         .set("prefer_free_formats", true)
         .set("ffmpeg_location", env!("FFMPEG_LOCATION"))
         .set("format", "bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best")
@@ -111,12 +110,18 @@ pub(crate) fn download_opts(
             "subtitleslangs",
             Value::Array(
                 subtitle_langs
-                    .map_or("", String::as_str)
+                    .unwrap_or("")
                     .split(',')
                     .map(|val| Value::String(val.to_owned()))
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             ),
-        )
-        .build()
-        .context("Failed to instanciate download yt_dlp")
+        );
+
+    if let Some(cookies) = &app.config.global.cookies {
+        base.set("cookies", cookies.to_str())
+    } else {
+        base
+    }
+    .build()
+    .context("Failed to instanciate download yt_dlp")
 }
diff --git a/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/mod.rs b/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/mod.rs
index f761c70..39f7960 100644
--- a/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/yt/src/commands/download/implm/download/mod.rs
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ impl CurrentDownload {
         let extractor_hash = video.extractor_hash;
 
         debug!("Download started: {}", &video.title);
-        let yt_dlp = Arc::new(download_opts(app, video.subtitle_langs.as_ref())?);
+        let yt_dlp = Arc::new(download_opts(app, video.subtitle_langs.as_deref())?);
 
         let local_yt_dlp = Arc::clone(&yt_dlp);
 
         let task_handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
             let mut result = local_yt_dlp
-                .download(&[video.url.clone()])
+                .download(std::slice::from_ref(&video.url))
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to download video: '{}'", video.title))?;
 
             assert_eq!(result.len(), 1);
diff --git a/crates/yt/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/yt/src/commands/mod.rs
index 431acef..493ddc6 100644
--- a/crates/yt/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/yt/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fn complete_subscription(current: &OsStr) -> Vec<CompletionCandidate> {
         return output;
     };
 
-    let Ok(config) = Config::from_config_file(None, None, None) else {
+    let Ok(config) = Config::from_config_file(None, None, None, None) else {
         return output;
     };
 
diff --git a/crates/yt/src/config/mod.rs b/crates/yt/src/config/mod.rs
index 05bb4cf..24866eb 100644
--- a/crates/yt/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/yt/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ mk_config! {
                     )
                 )
             } => set_static_should_display_color,
+
+            /// The cookie file to pass to `yt_dlp`.
+            cookies: Option<PathBuf> where cookies_path: Option<PathBuf> =! {
+                |config_value: Option<Option<PathBuf>>|
+                if let Some(co) = cookies_path {
+                    Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(Some(co))
+                } else {
+                    Ok(config_value.unwrap_or(None))
+                }
+            },
         },
         select: SelectConfig = {
             /// The playback speed to use, when it is not overridden.
diff --git a/crates/yt/src/main.rs b/crates/yt/src/main.rs
index 705e642..50e4a09 100644
--- a/crates/yt/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/yt/src/main.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         }
     });
 
-    let config = Config::from_config_file(args.config_path, args.color, args.db_path)?;
+    let config =
+        Config::from_config_file(args.config_path, args.color, args.cookies, args.db_path)?;
+
     if args.version {
         version::show(&config).await?;
         return Ok(());
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