gallery-dl/.planning/phases/06-auth-cli/06-01-SUMMARY.md

phase, plan, subsystem, tags, requires, provides, affects, added, patterns, key-files, key-decisions, patterns-established, duration, completed

phase	plan	subsystem	tags	requires	provides	affects	added	patterns	key-files	key-decisions	patterns-established	duration	completed
06-auth-cli	01	auth	cookies cli netscape authentication	phase provides 01-core-infrastructure CLI infrastructure (clap)	Netscape cookie file parsing --cookies CLI argument --cookies-from-browser CLI argument	authentication site extractors	src/auth/mod.rs src/auth/cookies.rs	cookie-based authentication	created modified src/auth/mod.rs src/auth/cookies.rs src/cli.rs src/lib.rs	Used Rust standard library for file I/O instead of external crates Netscape format selected as it is widely supported by browser extensions	Cookie parsing with HashMap<String, String> return type CLI argument pattern with --long format	~5 min	2026-02-16T09:02:48Z

Phase 6 Plan 1: Cookie File Authentication Summary

Netscape cookie file parsing with --cookies CLI argument

Performance

• Duration: ~5 min
• Started: 2026-02-16T08:58:05Z
• Completed: 2026-02-16T09:02:48Z
• Tasks: 3 modified:** 4
• **Files

Accomplishments

• Created auth module structure with cookies submodule
• Implemented Netscape cookie file parser with parse_netscape_cookies()
• Added load_cookies_from_file() for file-based cookie loading
• Added --cookies and --cookies-from-browser CLI arguments
• All 140 tests pass

Task Commits

Each task was committed atomically:

1. Task 1: Create auth module structure - af939662 (feat)
2. Task 2: Implement Netscape cookie file parser - 724df70a (feat)
3. Task 3: Add --cookies and --cookies-from-browser CLI args - 4d2ae7ef (feat)

Plan metadata: pending (docs: complete plan)

Files Created/Modified

• src/auth/mod.rs - Auth module with cookies submodule
• src/auth/cookies.rs - Netscape cookie file parser (~300 lines)
• src/cli.rs - Added --cookies and --cookies-from-browser arguments
• src/lib.rs - Export auth module

Decisions Made

• Used Rust standard library for file I/O instead of external crates (simpler, no extra dependencies)
• Netscape format selected as it is widely supported by browser extensions like "Get cookies.txt LOCALLY"

Deviations from Plan

None - plan executed exactly as written.

Issues Encountered

None

User Setup Required

None - no external service configuration required.

Next Phase Readiness

• Cookie parsing is complete
• Ready for --cookies-from-browser implementation (Plan 06-02)
• Extractors can now use cookies via with_cookies() method

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Phase: 06-auth-cli Completed: 2026-02-16