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Some platforms require a valid browser session cookie to:
  • Access the live stream data at all (e.g. Douyin, Taobao)
  • Unlock higher quality tiers (original / ultra-HD)
  • Avoid rate limiting or bot detection
Cookies are configured in the [Cookie] section of config/config.ini.
Cookies expire. If recording suddenly fails with an authentication or quality error, refresh the cookie for that platform. How often they expire varies by platform — some last days, others weeks.
1

Open the platform in your browser

Log in to the streaming platform in a desktop browser (Chrome or Firefox recommended).
2

Open DevTools

Press F12 (or Cmd+Option+I on macOS) to open the browser developer tools.
3

Go to the Network tab

Reload the page. In the Network tab, click on any request to the platform’s domain.
4

Copy the Cookie header

In the Headers section of the request, find the Cookie: request header. Copy the entire value.
5

Paste into config.ini

Paste the value after the = sign for the corresponding platform in config/config.ini.
Each platform has its own cookie field. Only fill in the platforms you intend to record.
config/config.ini
[Cookie]
# Required for Douyin
抖音cookie = <your_douyin_cookie>

快手cookie =
tiktok_cookie =
虎牙cookie =
斗鱼cookie =
yy_cookie =
b站cookie =
小红书cookie =
bigo_cookie =
blued_cookie =
sooplive_cookie =
netease_cookie =
千度热播_cookie =
pandatv_cookie =
猫耳fm_cookie =
winktv_cookie =
flextv_cookie =
look_cookie =
twitcasting_cookie =
baidu_cookie =
weibo_cookie =
kugou_cookie =
twitch_cookie =
liveme_cookie =
huajiao_cookie =
liuxing_cookie =
showroom_cookie =
acfun_cookie =
changliao_cookie =
yinbo_cookie =
yingke_cookie =
zhihu_cookie =
chzzk_cookie =
haixiu_cookie =
vvxqiu_cookie =
17live_cookie =
langlive_cookie =
pplive_cookie =
6room_cookie =
lehaitv_cookie =
huamao_cookie =
shopee_cookie =
youtube_cookie =
taobao_cookie =
jd_cookie =
faceit_cookie =
migu_cookie =
lianjie_cookie =
laixiu_cookie =
picarto_cookie =

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[Authorization] section

PopkonTV uses a token-based authorisation header instead of a cookie.
config/config.ini
[Authorization]
popkontv_token =
Set popkontv_token to the value of the Authorization bearer token found in your browser’s network requests to the PopkonTV API.

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[账号密码] section — username/password login

Some platforms support automatic login using a username and password. DouyinLiveRecorder will log in automatically, retrieve a fresh session cookie, and store it back in config.ini.
config/config.ini
[账号密码]
sooplive账号 =
sooplive密码 =

flextv账号 =
flextv密码 =

popkontv账号 =
partner_code = P-00001
popkontv密码 =

twitcasting账号类型 = normal
twitcasting账号 =
twitcasting密码 =
​
sooplive账号 / sooplive密码
SOOP (AfreecaTV) account credentials. Used to log in and obtain a session cookie automatically.
​
flextv账号 / flextv密码
TTingLive (FlexTV) account credentials.
​
popkontv账号 / popkontv密码
PopkonTV account credentials. Also requires partner_code — the partner code shown in the PopkonTV live URL (e.g. P-00117).
​
partner_code
default:"P-00001"
PopkonTV partner code. Find it in the live room URL after partnerCode=.
​
twitcasting账号类型
default:"normal"
TwitCasting login type. Use normal for a standard TwitCasting account.
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twitcasting账号 / twitcasting密码
TwitCasting account credentials.
When credentials are provided, DouyinLiveRecorder automatically refreshes the cookie on the next recording session and writes the updated value back into config.ini.

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