cdnV2

commit b29971148dcb34ca9ff5ce2bdfc2ff455916b796
parent 67e5827098f0fe726e24424e8eb8c9eeaf867ab2
Author: notamitgamer2 <notamitgamer2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:04:33 +0000

Wire up optional YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER for authenticated Cobalt/YouTube

Adds support for the COOKIE_PATH mechanism Cobalt already has, without
ever committing cookies to the repo:

- start.sh: if YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER is set, writes a cookies.json
  compatible with Cobalt's expected format
  ({"youtube": ["name=value; name2=value2"]}) to /tmp at boot and
  passes COOKIE_PATH to the cobalt process. If unset, behavior is
  unchanged (no cookies, same error.api.youtube.login as now).
- render.yaml: documents the YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER env var
  (sync: false, so it must be set manually in the Render dashboard,
  never committed).

To use: export cookies for youtube.com via the Cookie-Editor browser
extension's 'Header String' format (name=value; name2=value2 - NOT
Netscape/JSON-array format) while logged into the account to use, and
paste that string as YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER in Render's dashboard.

Diffstat:
M
render.yaml
 | 
7
+++++--
M
start.sh
 | 
38
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----

2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ services:
         value: https://cdn.amit.is-a.dev/cobalt/
 
       - key: COBALT_PORT
-        value: "9000"
-\ No newline at end of file
+        value: "9000"
+
+      - key: YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER
+        sync: false
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,33 @@ echo ""
 echo "========== COBALT ENV =========="
 echo "API_URL=${API_URL:-https://cdn.amit.is-a.dev/cobalt/}"
 echo "API_PORT=9000"
-echo "COOKIE_PATH=${COOKIE_PATH:-NOT_SET}"
 echo "================================"
 echo ""
 
+COBALT_COOKIE_PATH=""
+
+if [ -n "$YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER" ]; then
+    echo "YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER is set - writing cookies.json..."
+
+    COBALT_COOKIE_PATH="/tmp/cobalt-cookies.json"
+
+    YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER="$YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER" python3 -c "
+import json
+import os
+
+cookie_header = os.environ['YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER'].strip()
+
+with open('$COBALT_COOKIE_PATH', 'w') as f:
+    json.dump({'youtube': [cookie_header]}, f)
+"
+
+    echo "Wrote $COBALT_COOKIE_PATH"
+else
+    echo "YOUTUBE_COOKIE_HEADER not set - continuing without YouTube cookies"
+    echo "(YouTube downloads will likely fail with error.api.youtube.login)"
+fi
+
+echo ""
 echo "Starting Cobalt..."
 
 cd /opt/cobalt-api
@@ -26,9 +49,16 @@ cd /opt/cobalt-api
 # exact path previously killed the whole container on every boot even
 # when the Cobalt build itself was fine. Instead we start the process and
 # let the readiness probe below be the real success/failure signal.
-API_URL="https://cdn.amit.is-a.dev/cobalt/" \
-API_PORT=9000 \
-node src/cobalt &
+if [ -n "$COBALT_COOKIE_PATH" ]; then
+    API_URL="https://cdn.amit.is-a.dev/cobalt/" \
+    API_PORT=9000 \
+    COOKIE_PATH="$COBALT_COOKIE_PATH" \
+    node src/cobalt &
+else
+    API_URL="https://cdn.amit.is-a.dev/cobalt/" \
+    API_PORT=9000 \
+    node src/cobalt &
+fi
 
 COBALT_PID=$!