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The executable `cookiefire` included in this package can be used to extract the cookies from Firefox.
# Attribution
This code is adapted from [this Stack Exchange answer](https://superuser.com/a/1239036/653515) by [hackerb9](https://superuser.com/users/400780/hackerb9).
# Caveats
* Only tested on linux machines
* Unlikely to work with windows
* Will probably work on macs but untested (feedback welcome)
# Usage
```
# Fetch google with the cookies from the default profile
curlfire http://www.google.com/
@ -28,6 +20,11 @@ cookiefire > /tmp/cookies
curl -b /tmp/cookies http://www.google.com/
```
# Caveats
* Only tested on linux machines
* Unlikely to work with windows
* Will probably work on macs but untested (feedback welcome)
# Installation
```
cd ~
@ -36,7 +33,6 @@ echo 'PATH=$PATH:~/curlfire' >> ~/.bashrc
```
# Alternatives and prior work
* Adapted from [this Stack Exchange answer](https://superuser.com/questions/666167/how-do-i-use-firefox-cookies-with-wget)
* Firebug and friends allow one to copy requests as curl commands. This can be suitable for debugging.
* Cookies can be exported manually from within Firefox