const { chromium } = require('playwright');
async function extractSubstackCookie() {
console.log('🚀 Starting Substack cookie extraction...\n');
const browser = await chromium.launch({
headless: false, // Show browser so user can login
slowMo: 100
});
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();
console.log('📖 Opening Substack login page...');
await page.goto('https://substack.com/sign-in');
console.log('\n⏳ Please login to Substack in the browser window...');
console.log(' After logging in, press Enter in this terminal...\n');
// Wait for user to press Enter
await new Promise(resolve => {
process.stdin.once('data', () => resolve());
});
console.log('🔍 Extracting cookies...\n');
// Get all cookies
const cookies = await context.cookies();
// Find connect.sid cookie
const connectSidCookie = cookies.find(cookie => cookie.name === 'connect.sid');
if (connectSidCookie) {
console.log('✅ Successfully found connect.sid cookie!\n');
console.log('━'.repeat(80));
console.log('Cookie Value:');
console.log(connectSidCookie.value);
console.log('━'.repeat(80));
console.log('\n📋 Copy the value above and update your Claude Desktop config:');
console.log(' SUBSTACK_API_KEY=<paste-cookie-value-here>\n');
// Also save to a file
const fs = require('fs');
fs.writeFileSync(
'/c/mcp-servers/substack-mcp/tools/cookie.txt',
connectSidCookie.value
);
console.log('💾 Cookie also saved to: C:\mcp-servers\substack-mcp\tools\cookie.txt\n');
} else {
console.log('❌ Could not find connect.sid cookie.');
console.log(' Make sure you are logged into Substack.\n');
}
await browser.close();
console.log('👋 Browser closed. Done!');
}
extractSubstackCookie().catch(error => {
console.error('Error:', error);
process.exit(1);
});
