Music
This guide explains how to extract your YouTube session cookie for the music system. Use at your own risk.
Last updated
This guide explains how to extract your YouTube session cookie for the music system. Use at your own risk.
Last updated
Use a burner account. Your account may be banned or rate-limited.
This method may violate YouTube's Terms of Service.
Proceed with caution and only use this method if you understand the implications.
Google Chrome Browser
Basic understanding of browser developer tools
Private (Incognito) browsing window
Open Google Chrome
Launch an Incognito Window (Ctrl+Shift+N or ⌘+Shift+N on Mac)
Navigate to
Tip: Using incognito mode ensures a clean session.
Sign in with a Google account
Important: Use an account you don't mind losing access to
Press F12
or right-click anywhere on the page and select Inspect
Go to the Network tab in the developer tools
Click the Filter icon (funnel symbol)
Select the Fetch/XHR option
In the search box, type "browse"
browse?prettyPrint
RequestScroll down the network log
Find and click on the request named browse?prettyPrint
In the right pane, scroll to the Headers tab
Under Request Headers, look for the Cookie
entry
Copy the entire cookie string
Open your config.yml
file
Paste the copied cookie under the relevant field
Done! You’ve successfully extracted and applied your YouTube session cookie.