diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d3dddf2..0b4a84c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ # curlfire -Run curl with the current firefox cookies. This is useful for interacting with logged in websites. +Run curl with the current [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) cookies. +This is useful for interacting with logged in websites from the shell, without having to manually deal with the login process. + +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/questions/666167/how-do-i-use-firefox-cookies-with-wget) +This code is adapted from [this Stack Exchange answer](https://superuser.com/a/1239036/653515) by [hackerb9](https://superuser.com/users/400780/hackerb9). + # Usage ``` @@ -25,11 +29,12 @@ git clone https://github.com/talwrii/curlfire echo 'PATH=$PATH:~/curlfire' >> ~/.bashrc ``` -# Alternative and prior work +# Alternatives and prior work -* Adapted from [this stack overflow answer](https://superuser.com/questions/666167/how-do-i-use-firefox-cookies-with-wget) +* Adapted from [this Stack Exchange answer](https://superuser.com/questions/666167/how-do-i-use-firefox-cookies-with-wget) * Firebug and friends allow you to copy requests as curl. This can be suitable for debugging. -* Cookies can be exported manually from within firefox +* Cookies can be exported manually from within Firefox -All of these approaches can be problematic when automating tasks. +All of these approaches can be time consuming when automating tasks. +[Prior to Firefox 57](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/frequently-asked-questions-firefox-addon), the [remote control extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remote-control/) could be used to interact with the page currently viewed in Firefox from the shell (including outputting the current [document object model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model) as HTML).