added ability to create consent cookie

youtube_transcript_api/__init__.py

@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ from ._errors import (
     TranslationLanguageNotAvailable,
     NoTranscriptAvailable,
     CookiePathInvalid,
-    CookiesInvalid
+    CookiesInvalid,
+    FailedToCreateConsentCookie,
 )

youtube_transcript_api/_api.py

@@ -129,12 +129,11 @@ class YouTubeTranscriptApi(object):
     
     @classmethod
     def _load_cookies(cls, cookies, video_id):
-        cookie_jar = {}
         try:
             cookie_jar = cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar()
             cookie_jar.load(cookies)
+            if not cookie_jar:
+                raise CookiesInvalid(video_id)
+            return cookie_jar
         except CookieLoadError:
             raise CookiePathInvalid(video_id)
-        if not cookie_jar:
-            raise CookiesInvalid(video_id)
-        return cookie_jar 

youtube_transcript_api/_errors.py

@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ class VideoUnavailable(CouldNotRetrieveTranscript):
 
 
 class TooManyRequests(CouldNotRetrieveTranscript):
-    CAUSE_MESSAGE = ("YouTube is receiving too many requests from this IP and now requires solving a captcha to continue. One of the following things can be done to work around this:\n\
-    - Manually solve the captcha in a browser and export the cookie. Read here how to use that cookie with youtube-transcript-api: https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api#cookies\n\
-    - Use a different IP address\n\
-    - Wait until the ban on your IP has been lifted")
+    CAUSE_MESSAGE = (
+        'YouTube is receiving too many requests from this IP and now requires solving a captcha to continue. '
+        'One of the following things can be done to work around this:\n\
+        - Manually solve the captcha in a browser and export the cookie. '
+        'Read here how to use that cookie with '
+        'youtube-transcript-api: https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api#cookies\n\
+        - Use a different IP address\n\
+        - Wait until the ban on your IP has been lifted'
+    )
 
 
 class TranscriptsDisabled(CouldNotRetrieveTranscript):
@@ -70,6 +75,10 @@ class CookiesInvalid(CouldNotRetrieveTranscript):
     CAUSE_MESSAGE = 'The cookies provided are not valid (may have expired)'
 
 
+class FailedToCreateConsentCookie(CouldNotRetrieveTranscript):
+    CAUSE_MESSAGE = 'Failed to automatically give consent to saving cookies'
+
+
 class NoTranscriptFound(CouldNotRetrieveTranscript):
     CAUSE_MESSAGE = (
         'No transcripts were found for any of the requested language codes: {requested_language_codes}\n\n'

youtube_transcript_api/_transcripts.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from ._errors import (
     NotTranslatable,
     TranslationLanguageNotAvailable,
     NoTranscriptAvailable,
+    FailedToCreateConsentCookie,
 )
 from ._settings import WATCH_URL
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class TranscriptListFetcher(object):
         return TranscriptList.build(
             self._http_client,
             video_id,
-            self._extract_captions_json(self._fetch_html(video_id), video_id)
+            self._extract_captions_json(self._fetch_video_html(video_id), video_id)
         )
 
     def _extract_captions_json(self, html, video_id):
@@ -55,6 +56,21 @@ class TranscriptListFetcher(object):
 
         return captions_json
 
+    def _create_consent_cookie(self, html, video_id):
+        match = re.search('name="v" value="(.*?)"', html)
+        if match is None:
+            raise FailedToCreateConsentCookie(video_id)
+        self._http_client.cookies.set('CONSENT', 'YES+' + match.group(1), domain='.youtube.com')
+
+    def _fetch_video_html(self, video_id):
+        html = self._fetch_html(video_id)
+        if 'action="https://consent.youtube.com/s"' in html:
+            self._create_consent_cookie(html, video_id)
+            html = self._fetch_html(video_id)
+            if 'action="https://consent.youtube.com/s"' in html:
+                raise FailedToCreateConsentCookie(video_id)
+        return html
+
     def _fetch_html(self, video_id):
         return self._http_client.get(WATCH_URL.format(video_id=video_id)).text.replace(
             '\\u0026', '&'

youtube_transcript_api/test/test_api.py

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ from youtube_transcript_api import (
     NotTranslatable,
     TranslationLanguageNotAvailable,
     CookiePathInvalid,
-    CookiesInvalid
+    CookiesInvalid,
+    FailedToCreateConsentCookie,
 )
 
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptApi(TestCase):
         )
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        httpretty.reset()
         httpretty.disable()
 
     def test_get_transcript(self):
@@ -125,6 +127,43 @@ class TestYouTubeTranscriptApi(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(query_string['lang']), 1)
         self.assertEqual(query_string['lang'][0], 'en')
 
+    def test_get_transcript__create_consent_cookie_if_needed(self):
+        httpretty.register_uri(
+            httpretty.GET,
+            'https://www.youtube.com/watch',
+            body=load_asset('youtube_consent_page.html.static')
+        )
+
+        YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript('F1xioXWb8CY')
+        self.assertEqual(len(httpretty.latest_requests()), 3)
+        for request in httpretty.latest_requests()[1:]:
+            self.assertEqual(request.headers['cookie'], 'CONSENT=YES+cb.20210328-17-p0.de+FX+119')
+
+    def test_get_transcript__exception_if_create_consent_cookie_failed(self):
+        httpretty.register_uri(
+            httpretty.GET,
+            'https://www.youtube.com/watch',
+            body=load_asset('youtube_consent_page.html.static')
+        )
+        httpretty.register_uri(
+            httpretty.GET,
+            'https://www.youtube.com/watch',
+            body=load_asset('youtube_consent_page.html.static')
+        )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FailedToCreateConsentCookie):
+            YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript('F1xioXWb8CY')
+
+    def test_get_transcript__exception_if_consent_cookie_age_invalid(self):
+        httpretty.register_uri(
+            httpretty.GET,
+            'https://www.youtube.com/watch',
+            body=load_asset('youtube_consent_page_invalid.html.static')
+        )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FailedToCreateConsentCookie):
+            YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript('F1xioXWb8CY')
+
     def test_get_transcript__exception_if_video_unavailable(self):
         httpretty.register_uri(
             httpretty.GET,