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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube/post_comment.py | 26 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/youtube/post_comment.py b/youtube/post_comment.py index baa2ff9..dca8a1f 100644 --- a/youtube/post_comment.py +++ b/youtube/post_comment.py @@ -92,7 +92,21 @@ def delete_comment(video_id, comment_id, author_id, session_token, cookiejar): content = common.fetch_url("https://m.youtube.com/service_ajax?name=performCommentActionEndpoint", headers=headers, data=data, cookiejar_send=cookiejar) + xsrf_token_regex = re.compile(r'''XSRF_TOKEN"\s*:\s*"([\w-]*(?:=|%3D){0,2})"''') +def get_session_token(video_id, cookiejar): + ''' Get session token for a video. This is required in order to post/edit/delete comments. This will modify cookiejar with cookies from youtube required for commenting''' + # youtube-dl uses disable_polymer=1 which uses a different request format which has an obfuscated javascript algorithm to generate a parameter called "bgr" + # Tokens retrieved from disable_polymer pages only work with that format. Tokens retrieved on mobile only work using mobile requests + # Additionally, tokens retrieved without sending the same cookie won't work. So this is necessary even if the bgr and stuff was reverse engineered. + headers = {'User-Agent': common.mobile_user_agent} + mobile_page = common.fetch_url('https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=' + video_id, headers, report_text="Retrieved session token for comment", cookiejar_send=cookiejar, cookiejar_receive=cookiejar).decode() + match = xsrf_token_regex.search(mobile_page) + if match: + return match.group(1).replace("%3D", "=") + else: + raise Exception("Couldn't find xsrf_token") + def post_comment(parameters, fields): username = fields['username'][0] cookiejar = accounts.account_cookiejar(username) @@ -103,17 +117,7 @@ def post_comment(parameters, fields): except KeyError: video_id = parameters['video_id'][0] - # Get session token for mobile - # youtube-dl uses disable_polymer=1 which uses a different request format which has an obfuscated javascript algorithm to generate a parameter called "bgr" - # Tokens retrieved from disable_polymer pages only work with that format. Tokens retrieved on mobile only work using mobile requests - # Additionally, tokens retrieved without sending the same cookie won't work. So this is necessary even if the bgr and stuff was reverse engineered. - headers = {'User-Agent': common.mobile_user_agent} - mobile_page = common.fetch_url('https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=' + video_id, headers, report_text="Retrieved session token for comment", cookiejar_send=cookiejar, cookiejar_receive=cookiejar).decode() - match = xsrf_token_regex.search(mobile_page) - if match: - token = match.group(1).replace("%3D", "=") - else: - raise Exception("Couldn't find xsrf_token") + token = get_session_token(video_id, cookiejar) if 'parent_id' in parameters: code = _post_comment_reply(fields['comment_text'][0], parameters['video_id'][0], parameters['parent_id'][0], token, cookiejar) |