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46 lines
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# curlfire
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Run curl with the current [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) cookies.
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This is useful for interacting with logged in websites from the shell, without having to manually deal with the login process.
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The executable `cookiefire` included in this package can be used to extract the cookies from Firefox.
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# Attribution
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This code is adapted from [this Stack Exchange answer](https://superuser.com/a/1239036/653515) by [hackerb9](https://superuser.com/users/400780/hackerb9).
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# Caveats
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* Only tested on linux machines
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* Unlikely to work with windows
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* Will probably work on macs but untested (feedback welcome)
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# Usage
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```
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# Fetch google with the cookies from the default profile
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curlfire http://www.google.com/
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# Fetch google with the cookies from the blah profile
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curlfire -P blah http://www.google.com/
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# Getting cookies
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cookiefire > /tmp/cookies
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curl -b /tmp/cookies http://www.google.com/
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```
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# Installation
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```
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cd ~
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git clone https://github.com/talwrii/curlfire
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echo 'PATH=$PATH:~/curlfire' >> ~/.bashrc
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```
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# Alternatives and prior work
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* Adapted from [this Stack Exchange answer](https://superuser.com/questions/666167/how-do-i-use-firefox-cookies-with-wget)
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* Firebug and friends allow one to copy requests as curl commands. This can be suitable for debugging.
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* Cookies can be exported manually from within Firefox
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All of these approaches can be time consuming when automating tasks.
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[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).
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