Fix youtube comments

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/Youtube.cpp b/src/plugins/Youtube.cpp
index 3813068..4add02c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/Youtube.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/Youtube.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,17 @@ namespace QuickMedia {
 
             cookies_filepath = filename;
             atexit(remove_cookies_file_at_exit);
+
+            std::vector<CommandArg> additional_args = {
+                CommandArg{ "-b", cookies_filepath },
+                CommandArg{ "-c", cookies_filepath }
+            };
+
+            // TODO: Is there any way to bypass this? this is needed to set VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE which is required to read comments
+            std::string response;
+            DownloadResult result = download_to_string("https://youtube.com/subscription_manager?disable_polymer=1", response, std::move(additional_args), true);
+            if(result != DownloadResult::OK)
+                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to fetch cookies to view youtube comments\n");
         }
 
         return {