🔒 YouTube API Request Cookie Help

[twilit hemlock]

Hi all,

I'm trying to make my YouTube account send a comment with HTTP POST requests in Python.

However, the way that the YouTube api is laid out makes this task a little tough to accomplish.

The request cookies have many parameters which I don't have a clue about. I don't know what 90% of them are or how to generate them. I don't even know if they're actually necessary.

My code so far is this:

from datetime import datetime, timezone
import hashlib
import time
import requests

def sapisidhash(sapisid: str, origin: str) -> str:
    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
    timesec = round(now.timestamp())

    hashed = sha1_hash(
        f"{timesec} {sapisid} {origin}"
    )

    return f"{timesec}_{hashed}"

    # generates the sapisidhash

def get_sapisid():
    # here, i would run some dummy request to get my SAPISID from the request cookies

Then below a standard POST request with headers I can't show for privacy reasons.

Does anyone know how strict the YouTube API is with this? I don't really want to waste time trying to trial and error this.

[hazy gull]

@twilit hemlock

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[twilit hemlock]

Also, yes this is a very open ended question but I can't even really start with this until I have an idea of what the YouTube API even requires of me or how to begin generating these cookie params

[prime ridge]

Which part of their api is it? I'm quite good at deciphering api docs, so if you send a link to docs, I might be able to help

[twilit hemlock]

There isn't any documentation

It's for a user account

@prime ridge

[prime ridge]

!rule 5 YouTube allows automation only using their official public api, this is account automation that YouTube directly prohibits in their ToS

[hazy gull]

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5. Do not provide or request help on projects that may violate terms of service, or that may be deemed inappropriate, malicious, or illegal.

[twilit hemlock]

Huh. Alright. Apologies.

[harsh notch]

Well since it's against the TOS here, here's a little help for ur next projects that don't break the TOS, Ctrl shift i, go to network tab, clear all logs, do the action u want and it'll record it, copy the same action into python, don't do this for YouTube as it breaks their TOS, this is just for future reference

[prime ridge]

The rule also states we're not permitted to help with such projects

[hazy gull]

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