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From: Will Twomey <william.twomey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:08:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add optional cookies.txt support for authenticated downloads
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Sites like X/Twitter require login to access certain content — this
lets yt-dlp use a cookies.txt file (Netscape format) when one is
present, so those downloads just work.

- app.py checks for cookies.txt and passes --cookies to yt-dlp
- docker-compose.yml bind-mounts the file into the container
- cookies.txt added to .gitignore since it contains session data
---
 .gitignore         | 3 ++-
 app.py             | 5 +++++
 docker-compose.yml | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 docker-compose.yml

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 148142d..2dcbfa1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ assets/*.mov
 .env
 .env.local
 .env.production
-.env.development
\ No newline at end of file
+.env.development
+cookies.txt
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 703f435..c4b81e2 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 DOWNLOAD_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "downloads")
+COOKIES_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "cookies.txt")
 os.makedirs(DOWNLOAD_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 
 jobs = {}
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ def run_download(job_id, url, format_choice, format_id):
     out_template = os.path.join(DOWNLOAD_DIR, f"{job_id}.%(ext)s")
 
     cmd = ["yt-dlp", "--no-playlist", "-o", out_template]
+    if os.path.isfile(COOKIES_FILE):
+        cmd += ["--cookies", COOKIES_FILE]
 
     if format_choice == "audio":
         cmd += ["-x", "--audio-format", "mp3"]
@@ -86,6 +89,8 @@ def get_info():
         return jsonify({"error": "No URL provided"}), 400
 
     cmd = ["yt-dlp", "--no-playlist", "-j", url]
+    if os.path.isfile(COOKIES_FILE):
+        cmd += ["--cookies", COOKIES_FILE]
     try:
         result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)
         if result.returncode != 0:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4db70ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  reclip:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8899:8899"
+    volumes:
+      - ./cookies.txt:/app/cookies.txt
+    restart: unless-stopped