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| -rw-r--r-- | yt_dlp/utils.py | 4 |
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diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py index 35426568b..3b75ab6b3 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/utils.py +++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py @@ -1507,6 +1507,10 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar): try: cf.write(prepare_line(line)) except compat_cookiejar.LoadError as e: + if f'{line.strip()} '[0] in '[{"': + raise compat_cookiejar.LoadError( + 'Cookies file must be Netscape formatted, not JSON. See ' + 'https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl') write_string(f'WARNING: skipping cookie file entry due to {e}: {line!r}\n') continue cf.seek(0) |