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Command Line Interface

Binarycookies provides a command-line interface to easily read binary cookie files.

Installation

The CLI is automatically installed when you install the package:

pip install binarycookies

Usage

bcparser FILE_PATH [--output FORMAT]

Arguments

  • FILE_PATH: Path to the binary cookies file you want to read.

Options

  • --output FORMAT: Specify the output format. Supported formats are json (default), ascii and netscape.

Examples

JSON Output (Default): 

bcparser /path/to/cookies.binarycookies
ASCII Output: 
bcparser /path/to/cookies.binarycookies --output ascii
This will display cookies in a human-readable format with each cookie property on a separate line.

Netscape Format Output: 

bcparser /path/to/cookies.binarycookies --output netscape
This will display cookies in the Netscape cookie file format.

Adding to Your Scripts

The CLI functionality can be integrated into your Python scripts as follows:

from binarycookies.__main__ import cli

# Read and output cookies in JSON format
cli("path/to/Cookies.binarycookies", output="json")

# Read and output cookies in ASCII format
cli("path/to/Cookies.binarycookies", output="ascii")

# Read and output cookies in ASCII format
cli("path/to/Cookies.binarycookies", output="netscape")