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@ -32,6 +32,27 @@ Additional settings passed to yt-dlp.
- **Source Settings**: User created subtitles are provided from the uploader and are usually the video script. Auto generated is from YouTube, quality varies, particularly for auto translated tracks.
- **Index Settings**: Enabling subtitle indexing will add the lines to Elasticsearch and will make subtitles searchable. This will increase the index size and is not recommended on low-end hardware.
## Cookie
Importing your YouTube Cookie into Tube Archivist allows yt-dlp to bypass age restrictions, gives access to private videos and your *watch later* or *liked videos*.
### Security concerns
Cookies are used to store your session and contain your access token to your google account. Treat that file with utmost care as you would any other password or credential. *Tube Archivist* stores your cookie in Redis and will export the file container internally if it's needed.
### Export your cookie
- Install **Cookies.txt** addon for [chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt/bgaddhkoddajcdgocldbbfleckgcbcid) or [firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookies-txt).
- Visit YouTube and login with whichever YouTube account you wish to use to generate the cookies.
- Click on the extension icon in the toolbar - it will drop down showing the active cookies for YT.
- Click Export to export the cookies, filename is by default *cookies.google.txt*.
### Import your cookie
Place the file *cookies.google.txt* into the */cache/import* folder of Tube Archivist and enable the cookie import. Once you click on *Update Application Configurations* to save your changes, your cookie will get imported and stored internally.
### Use your cookie
Once imported, additionally to the advantages above, your [Watch Later](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL) and [Liked Videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=LL) become a regular playlist you can download and subscribe to as any other [playlist](Playlists).
### Limitation
There is only one cookie per Tube Archivist instance, this will be shared between all users.
## Integrations
All third party integrations of TubeArchivist will **always** be *opt in*.
- **API**: Your access token for the Tube Archivist API.