Originally created by @hextor1 on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/1130
### bug description
problem description
I can use the bad reputation IP to get the download link normally with cookies.
But I get a 0 byte file when I download it.
It seems that the cookie does not take effect when downloading?
**cookies.json example:**
{
"youtube": ["key1=value;key2=value2"]
}
### reproduction steps
services:
cobalt-api:
image: ghcr.io/imputnet/cobalt:10.7.5
init: true
read_only: true
restart: unless-stopped
container_name: cobalt-api
ports:
- 9000:9000/tcp
environment:
API_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:9000/"
COOKIE_PATH: "/cookies.json"
API_EXTERNAL_PROXY: "http://127.0.0.1:7897"
labels:
- com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.scope=cobalt
volumes:
- ./cookies.json:/cookies.json
watchtower:
image: ghcr.io/containrrr/watchtower
restart: unless-stopped
command: --cleanup --scope cobalt --interval 900 --include-restarting
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
### screenshots
_No response_
### links
```shell
```
### platform information
Window os
### additional context
_No response_
GiteaMirror
added the bug label 2026-06-01 14:20:22 -05:00
there are many types of ip-based restrictions, and in this case your server's ip got banned at googlevideo.com. currently cobalt uses cookies only for the initial (innertube) request, but cookies can't help with the googlevideo restriction as far as i'm aware.
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
there are many types of ip-based restrictions, and in this case your server's ip got banned at googlevideo.com. currently cobalt uses cookies only for the initial (innertube) request, but cookies can't help with the googlevideo restriction as far as i'm aware.
@wukko My IP is working at the moment, but i see cookies not working directly access to googlevideo. I got your point. i am only accessing direct cobalt end-point and i am using youtube-search library for python project.
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@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
@wukko My IP is working at the moment, but i see cookies not working directly access to googlevideo. I got your point. i am only accessing direct cobalt end-point and i am using youtube-search library for python project.
this is not how the cookies are formatted in the example file though
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@dumbmoron commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
> **cookies.json example:**
>
> { "youtube": ["key1=value;key2=value2"] }
this is not how the cookies are formatted in the example file though
this is not how the cookies are formatted in the example file though
@dumbmoron can you tell me the cookies formated?
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@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
> > **cookies.json example:**
> > { "youtube": ["key1=value;key2=value2"] }
>
> this is not how the cookies are formatted in the example file though
@dumbmoron can you tell me the cookies formated?
WHich before you mentioned in the old documenton about youtueb_oauth currently its not working can you share link here
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@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
WHich before you mentioned in the old documenton about youtueb_oauth currently its not working can you share link here
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Originally created by @hextor1 on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/1130
bug description
problem description
I can use the bad reputation IP to get the download link normally with cookies.
But I get a 0 byte file when I download it.
It seems that the cookie does not take effect when downloading?
cookies.json example:
{
"youtube": ["key1=value;key2=value2"]
}
reproduction steps
services:
cobalt-api:
image: ghcr.io/imputnet/cobalt:10.7.5
screenshots
No response
links
platform information
Window os
additional context
No response
@wukko commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
there are many types of ip-based restrictions, and in this case your server's ip got banned at googlevideo.com. currently cobalt uses cookies only for the initial (innertube) request, but cookies can't help with the googlevideo restriction as far as i'm aware.
@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
@wukko My IP is working at the moment, but i see cookies not working directly access to googlevideo. I got your point. i am only accessing direct cobalt end-point and i am using youtube-search library for python project.
@dumbmoron commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
this is not how the cookies are formatted in the example file though
@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
@dumbmoron can you tell me the cookies formated?
@dumbmoron commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
you can read the file
@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025):
WHich before you mentioned in the old documenton about youtueb_oauth currently its not working can you share link here
@hextor1 commented on GitHub (Mar 1, 2025):
@dumbmoron Please let me know which file i need to read???