Re: [orca-list] youtube-viewer login question

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

user:passwd@url syntax doesn't work with google in my case at least but 
then again I have a pretty creative password with special characters in 
it.  For that reason, it won't work on youtube either.

On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:33:21
> From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>
> To: Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] youtube-viewer login question
>
> I must not be explaining myself clearly.  Once inside of youtube-viewer and 
> you have to be inside of youtube-viewer to login to youtube so already 
> subscribed channels are shown to you you run the :login command.
> You are given a unique url that's different each time generated and that url 
> takes you to a google authorization code page.  You log in on the google 
> authorization page and you authorize youtube-viewer to do things with your 
> youtube account.  Once done you get a google authorization code that you need 
> to copy and then leave the google authorization page and you need to paste 
> that code into the youtube-viewer code box and then finish the process on 
> youtube-viewer. You use that code on youtube-viewer until inside 
> youtube-viewer you run the :logout command which removes the code from 
> youtube-viewer.  Thanks for the login password url, I'll have a read through 
> this since I expect it will be helpful with other applications.
>
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> >  Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:21:21
> >  From: Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>
> >  To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>
> >  Cc: orca-list gnome org
> >  Subject: Re: [orca-list] youtube-viewer login question
> >
> >  Jude:
> >
> >  I can't quite figure out what you're asking. But, if you're wanting to
> >  pass login and password from the command line, there's a standard http
> >  syntax for that. Perhaps this might meet your needs? It works like this:
> >
> >  http://login:passwd@url
> >
> >  Example:
> >
> >  https://janina:password youtube com/blah/blah
> >
> >  hth
> >
> >  Janina
> >
> >  Jude DaShiell writes:
> > >  Is it possible using only a keyboard to run youtube-viewer and run the
> > > : login command inside youtube-viewer and then successfully complete the
> > >  login with say firefox or chromium or google-chrome-stable?
> > >  You get an url that needs to be opened with a browser and best quote it
> > >  otherwise the shell  will freak out before having a browser open it.
> > >  Probably best to background youtube-viewer and once firefox has url
> > >  opened,
> > >  you're going to be asked for google login credentials then you get asked
> > >  if
> > >  youtube-viewer can be allowed to do things on your account.  Once allow
> > >  is
> > >  selected, a 45 character code is shown which needs to be copied into a
> > >  clipboard then the browser can be closed and youtube-viewer foregrounded
> > >  again then paste that 45 character code into the code box on
> > >  youtube-viewer
> > >  and I suppose hit the login button.  Youtube-viewer then gets a token
> > >  back
> > >  from google and until you run the :logout command you are using that
> > >  token
> > >  and have youtube-viewer logged in.
> > >  I am not using a mouse over here (fine motor deficit) so would like to
> > >  know
> > >  if anyone else did all of this with a keyboard yet and if not, how can it
> > >  be
> > >  done?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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