youtube-trusted-session-generator/README.md

YouTube trusted session generator

Description

This script will output two parameters: po_token and visitor_data. Needed for passing YouTube checks in Invidious.

Requirement(s)

• Run the script on the same public IP address as the Invidious server. Not necessarily the same machine, just the same public IP address.

Tutorial without Docker

1. Install Chromium or Google Chrome.
2. Create a new virtualenv: virtualenv venv
3. Activate the virtualenv: source venv/bin/activate
4. Install the dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Run the script: python index.py
6. Copy paste the values of these the two parameters (po_token and visitor_data) in config.yaml

   po_token: XXX
   visitor_data: XXX
   

7. Restart Invidious.

Tutorial with Docker

1. Run the script: docker run quay.io/invidious/youtube-trusted-session-generator
2. Copy paste the values of these the two parameters (po_token and visitor_data) in config.yaml

   po_token: XXX
   visitor_data: XXX
   

3. Restart Invidious.