🥏 Cookie creation

video_creation/data/videos.json

@@ -1,65 +1,3 @@
 [
-    {
+    
-        "id": "vgeixb",
-        "time": "1655721481",
-        "background_credit": "bbswitzer",
-        "reddit_title": "Whats an opinion you have thats considered unacceptable by societal standards",
-        "filename": "Whats an opinion you have that....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vg1q2d",
-        "time": "1655727334",
-        "background_credit": "loopylongplays",
-        "reddit_title": "Whats a middle life crisis for people who could never afford a sports car",
-        "filename": "Whats a middle life crisis for....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vfxpph",
-        "time": "1655727738",
-        "background_credit": "bbswitzer",
-        "reddit_title": "What unimpressive things are people idiotically proud of",
-        "filename": "What unimpressive things are p....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vfyy54",
-        "time": "1655728587",
-        "background_credit": "loopylongplays",
-        "reddit_title": "What do you find oddly attractive",
-        "filename": "What do you find oddly attractive.mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vg321p",
-        "time": "1655728930",
-        "background_credit": "loopylongplays",
-        "reddit_title": "If you could multiply anything by 10x what would it be",
-        "filename": "If you could multiply anything....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vg822j",
-        "time": "1655731883",
-        "background_credit": "loopylongplays",
-        "reddit_title": "Whats a job that people really underestimate the importance of",
-        "filename": "Whats a job that people really....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vgj2ie",
-        "time": "1655744382",
-        "background_credit": "loopylongplays",
-        "reddit_title": "What is the thing you never imagined youd be able to do it until you did it",
-        "filename": "What is the thing you never im....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vgmldg",
-        "time": "1655744683",
-        "background_credit": "loopylongplays",
-        "reddit_title": "How does someone politely end a conversation with a person who wont stop talking",
-        "filename": "How does someone politely end ....mp4"
-    },
-    {
-        "id": "vgo3dv",
-        "time": "1655749966",
-        "background_credit": "bbswitzer",
-        "reddit_title": "Whats something people in this generation really need to hear",
-        "filename": "Whats something people in this....mp4"
-    }
 ]

video_creation/video_uploader.py

@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ async def upload_video_to_tiktok(videofile):
 
     
     async with async_playwright() as p:        
-        print_substep("Launching Headless Browser...")
-
         options = uc.ChromeOptions()
         options.add_argument("--user-agent=" + UserAgent().random)
-        options.add_argument("--headless")
+        
+        cookie_path = "./video_creation/data/tiktok.cookie"
+        has_cookie = False
+        try:
+            cookie_file = open(cookie_path, "rb")
+            has_cookie = True
+            options.add_argument("--headless")
+            print_substep("Launching Headless Browser...")
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print_substep("Launching Browser to manually log you in (only first time).")
+      
         browser = uc.Chrome(options=options)
         browser.delete_all_cookies()
         
@@ -48,7 +56,14 @@ async def upload_video_to_tiktok(videofile):
         
         await asyncio.sleep(3)
         
-        cookie_file = open("./video_creation/data/tiktok.cookie", "rb")
+        if not has_cookie:
+            print("Your browser currently shows the tiktok login page, please login in.")
+            input("After you have logged in fully, please press any button to continue...")
+            print("#####")
+            pickle.dump(browser.get_cookies(), open(cookie_path, "wb+"))
+            print("Cookie has been created successfully, resuming upload!")
+            cookie_file = open(cookie_path, "rb")
+            
         cookie_data = pickle.load(cookie_file)
         for cookie in cookie_data:
             if 'sameSite' in cookie:
@@ -67,6 +82,7 @@ async def upload_video_to_tiktok(videofile):
         browser.switch_to.frame(0)
         browser.implicitly_wait(1)
         browser.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="root"]/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div/input')[0].send_keys(abs_path)
+        
         print_substep("Uploading video...")
         await asyncio.sleep(10)