extract-chrome-cookies.ts

import { getCookies } from "@steipete/sweet-cookie";

const TWITTER_URL = "https://x.com/";
const TWITTER_ORIGINS = ["https://x.com/", "https://twitter.com/"];
const COOKIE_NAMES = ["auth_token", "ct0"];

function pickCookieValue(
  cookies: Array<{ name?: string; value?: string; domain?: string }>,
  name: string
): string | null {
  const matches = cookies.filter(
    (c) => c?.name === name && typeof c.value === "string"
  );
  if (matches.length === 0) return null;
  const preferred = matches.find((c) => (c.domain ?? "").endsWith("x.com"));
  if (preferred?.value) return preferred.value;
  const twitter = matches.find((c) =>
    (c.domain ?? "").endsWith("twitter.com")
  );
  if (twitter?.value) return twitter.value;
  return matches[0]?.value ?? null;
}

async function main() {
  console.log("[1] Requesting cookies from Chrome via sweet-cookie...");
  console.log(`    url: ${TWITTER_URL}`);
  console.log(`    origins: ${TWITTER_ORIGINS.join(", ")}`);
  console.log(`    names: ${COOKIE_NAMES.join(", ")}`);

  const start = performance.now();

  const { cookies, warnings } = await getCookies({
    url: TWITTER_URL,
    origins: TWITTER_ORIGINS,
    names: [...COOKIE_NAMES],
    browsers: ["chrome"],
    mode: "merge",
    timeoutMs: 300_000,
  });

  const elapsed = (performance.now() - start).toFixed(0);
  console.log(`[2] getCookies returned in ${elapsed}ms`);

  if (warnings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`[!] Warnings:`);
    for (const w of warnings) console.log(`    - ${w}`);
  }

  console.log(`[3] Raw cookies returned: ${cookies.length}`);
  for (const c of cookies) {
    const val = c.value ?? "";
    const masked = val.length > 8 ? val.slice(0, 4) + "..." + val.slice(-4) : "****";
    console.log(`    name=${c.name} domain=${c.domain} value=${masked}`);
  }

  const authToken = pickCookieValue(cookies, "auth_token");
  const ct0 = pickCookieValue(cookies, "ct0");

  console.log("[4] Extracted values:");
  if (authToken) {
    console.log(
      `    auth_token: ${authToken.slice(0, 4)}...${authToken.slice(-4)} (${authToken.length} chars)`
    );
  } else {
    console.log("    auth_token: NOT FOUND");
  }
  if (ct0) {
    console.log(
      `    ct0: ${ct0.slice(0, 4)}...${ct0.slice(-4)} (${ct0.length} chars)`
    );
  } else {
    console.log("    ct0: NOT FOUND");
  }

  if (authToken && ct0) {
    console.log("[5] Cookie header:");
    console.log(`    auth_token=${authToken}; ct0=${ct0}`);
  } else {
    console.error(
      "[5] FAILED: Missing cookies. Make sure you are logged into x.com in Chrome."
    );
    process.exit(1);
  }
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error("[FATAL]", err);
  process.exit(1);
});