[GH-ISSUE #1637] Bug: archivebox doesn't use cookie file and vnc doesn't show anything #2490

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opened 2026-03-01 17:59:24 +03:00 by kerem · 11 comments

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Originally created by @orthodoxe on GitHub (Jan 19, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1637

Originally assigned to: @pirate on GitHub.

Provide a screenshot and describe the bug

Description

I gave ArchiveBox a cookie file (netscape format) but when I try to archive a page like reddit or youtube that have cookie popups (or other type of popups) they still appear in the archive.
If I try to use the NoVNC browser to accept cookies I just see a debian wallpaper with an (almost) empty taskbar (see screenshot)

Screenshots

Vnc empty desktop

Expected result (reddit)

Result (reddit)

onefile

dom

Expected Result (youtube)

Result (youtube)

onefile

dom

wget

P.S.

I don't need to be logged into the accounts, I just don't want the cookie popup.
I also can't add a chrome profile as it gives errors (the container can't start if I uncomment the lines regarding the chrome profile in the docker compose):

[i] [2025-01-19 13:02:23] ArchiveBox v0.7.3: archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000
    > /data
[X] Could not find profile "Default" in CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR.
    /data/personas/Default/chrome_profile
    Make sure you set it to a Chrome user data directory containing a Default profile folder.
    For more info see:
        https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR
    Try removing /Default from the end e.g.:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/archivebox", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 140, in main
    run_subcommand(
  File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 74, in run_subcommand
    setup_django(in_memory_db=subcommand in fake_db, check_db=cmd_requires_db and not init_pending)
  File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1344, in setup_django
    check_system_config()
  File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1254, in check_system_config
    stderr('        CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR="{}"'.format(config['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR'].split('/Default')[0]))
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'split'

Steps to reproduce

1. Started ArchiveBox on my server
2. Archived https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1i4a48j/pushrejectedbydragon/ with archivebox chrome extension
3. Archived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw with archivebox chrome extension
4. View the archived pages (onefile, pdf, screenshot, dom, wget, ecc...)

Logs or errors

---------------------- Container logs ----------------------
[+] Adding URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1i4a48j/pushrejectedbydragon/
[*] [2025-01-19 12:29:08] Archiving 1/45 URLs from added set...
"GET /admin/core/snapshot/ HTTP/1.1" 200 107990
"GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3191
"GET /admin/core/snapshot/ HTTP/1.1" 200 107988
"GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3191
"GET /admin/core/snapshot/ HTTP/1.1" 200 108013
"GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3191
"POST /add/ HTTP/1.1" 200 7037

---------------- data/logs/errors.log ------------------
Exception in archive_methods.save_media(Link(url=https://blog.stackademic.com/java-in-practice-one-line-code-for-performance-tracking-aa6a431faba0)) command=/usr/local/bin/archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000; ts=2025-01-19__12:14:55
FOREIGN KEY constraint failed
Internal Server Error: /add/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 47, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 181, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 70, in view
    return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py", line 43, in _wrapper
    return bound_method(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/decorators/csrf.py", line 54, in wrapped_view
    return view_func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/mixins.py", line 109, in dispatch
    return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 98, in dispatch
    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py", line 142, in post
    return self.form_valid(form)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/core/views.py", line 290, in form_valid
    add(**input_kwargs)
  File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/main.py", line 693, in add
    archive_links(new_links, overwrite=False, **archive_kwargs)
  File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/extractors/__init__.py", line 236, in archive_links
    archive_link(to_archive, overwrite=overwrite, methods=methods, out_dir=Path(link.link_dir))
  File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/extractors/__init__.py", line 199, in archive_link
    write_link_details(link, out_dir=out_dir, skip_sql_index=False)
  File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/index/__init__.py", line 335, in write_link_details
    write_json_link_details(link, out_dir=out_dir)
  File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/index/json.py", line 99, in write_json_link_details
    atomic_write(str(path), link._asdict(extended=True))
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/index/schema.py", line 193, in _asdict
    'snapshot_id': self.snapshot_id,
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 48, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/index/schema.py", line 265, in snapshot_id
    return str(Snapshot.objects.only('id').get(url=self.url).id)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 429, in get
    raise self.model.DoesNotExist(
core.models.Snapshot.DoesNotExist: Snapshot matching query does not exist.

Exception in archive_methods.save_htmltotext(Link(url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1i4a48j/pushrejectedbydragon/)) command=/usr/local/bin/archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000; ts=2025-01-19__12:29:38
cannot access local variable 'cmd' where it is not associated with a valu

ArchiveBox Version

0.7.3
ArchiveBox v0.7.3 COMMIT_HASH=069aabc BUILD_TIME=2024-12-15 09:54:03 1734256443
IN_DOCKER=True IN_QEMU=False ARCH=x86_64 OS=Linux PLATFORM=Linux-6.6.44-production+truenas-x86_64-with-glibc2.36 PYTHON=Cpython
FS_ATOMIC=True FS_REMOTE=True FS_USER=568:568 FS_PERMS=644
DEBUG=False IS_TTY=True TZ=UTC SEARCH_BACKEND=sonic LDAP=False

[i] Dependency versions:
 √  PYTHON_BINARY         v3.11.11        valid     /usr/local/bin/python3.11                                                   
 √  SQLITE_BINARY         v2.6.0          valid     /usr/local/lib/python3.11/sqlite3/dbapi2.py                                 
 √  DJANGO_BINARY         v3.1.14         valid     /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/__init__.py                  
 √  ARCHIVEBOX_BINARY     v0.7.3          valid     /usr/local/bin/archivebox                                                   

 √  CURL_BINARY           v8.10.1         valid     /usr/bin/curl                                                               
 √  WGET_BINARY           v1.21.3         valid     /usr/bin/wget                                                               
 √  NODE_BINARY           v20.18.1        valid     /usr/bin/node                                                               
 √  SINGLEFILE_BINARY     v1.1.54         valid     /app/node_modules/single-file-cli/single-file                               
 √  READABILITY_BINARY    v0.0.11         valid     /app/node_modules/readability-extractor/readability-extractor               
 √  MERCURY_BINARY        v1.0.0          valid     /app/node_modules/@postlight/parser/cli.js                                  
 √  GIT_BINARY            v2.39.5         valid     /usr/bin/git                                                                
 √  YOUTUBEDL_BINARY      v2024.12.13     valid     /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp                                                       
 √  CHROME_BINARY         v131.0.6778.33  valid     /usr/bin/chromium-browser                                                   
 √  RIPGREP_BINARY        v13.0.0         valid     /usr/bin/rg                                                                 

[i] Source-code locations:
 √  PACKAGE_DIR           24 files        valid     /app/archivebox                                                             
 √  TEMPLATES_DIR         3 files         valid     /app/archivebox/templates                                                   
 -  CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR  -               disabled  None                                                                        

[i] Secrets locations:
 -  CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR  -               disabled  None                                                                        
 √  COOKIES_FILE          6.7 KB          valid     ./chrome-cookies/cookies.txt                                                

[i] Data locations:
 √  OUTPUT_DIR            7 files @       valid     /data                                                                       
 √  SOURCES_DIR           76 files        valid     ./sources                                                                   
 √  LOGS_DIR              1 files         valid     ./logs                                                                      
 √  ARCHIVE_DIR           45 files        valid     ./archive                                                                   
 √  CONFIG_FILE           81.0 Bytes      valid     ./ArchiveBox.conf                                                           
 √  SQL_INDEX             624.0 KB        valid     ./index.sqlite3

How did you install the version of ArchiveBox you are using?

Docker (or Podman/LXC/K8s/TrueNAS/Proxmox/etc)

What operating system are you running on?

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Arch/Alpine/etc.)

What type of drive are you using to store your ArchiveBox data?

• some of data/ is on a local SSD or NVMe drive
• some of data/ is on a spinning hard drive or external USB drive
• some of data/ is on a network mount (e.g. NFS/SMB/Ceph/GlusterFS/etc.)
• some of data/ is on a FUSE mount (e.g. SSHFS/RClone/S3/B2/Google Drive/Dropbox/etc.)

Docker Compose Configuration

services:
    archivebox:
        image: archivebox/archivebox:latest
        # handled by traefik
        # ports:
            # - 8000:8000
        volumes:
            - "path/to/archivebox/data/on/host:/data"
            - "path/to/cookies/on/host:/data/chrome-cookies" 
            # - "path/to/chrome/profile/on/host:/data/personas/Default/chrome_profile"
        env_file:
          - stack.env
        networks:
            - archivebox-default
            - traefik-network
        environment:
            - ADMIN_USERNAME=adminuser  
            - ADMIN_PASSWORD=${DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
            - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=https://archivebox.mydomain.xyz  
            - ALLOWED_HOSTS=* 
            - PUBLIC_INDEX=False            
            - PUBLIC_SNAPSHOTS=False            
            - PUBLIC_ADD_VIEW=False        
            - SEARCH_BACKEND_ENGINE=sonic     
            - SEARCH_BACKEND_HOST_NAME=sonic
            - SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD=${SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD}
            - PUID=apps-user-puid                       
            - PGID=apps-user-pgid                     
            - COOKIES_FILE=/data/chrome-cookies/cookies.txt
            # - CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/data/personas/Default/chrome_profile

            # - MEDIA_MAX_SIZE=5000m        
            # - TIMEOUT=60                   
            # - CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY=True  
            - SAVE_ARCHIVE_DOT_ORG=False     
            # - USER_AGENT="..."    
        dns:
            - ip.to.pihole
        labels:
           # traefik labels
    sonic:
            image: archivebox/sonic:latest
            expose:
                - 1491
            env_file:
                - stack.env
            networks:
                - archivebox-default
            environment:
                - SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD=${SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD}
            volumes:
                - "/path/to/sonic/data/on/host:/var/lib/sonic/store"
            cpus: 2.0
            mem_limit: 2048m

    novnc:
        image: theasp/novnc:latest
        environment:
            - DISPLAY_WIDTH=1920
            - DISPLAY_HEIGHT=1080
            - RUN_XTERM=no
        networks:
            - archivebox-default
        ports:
            - 8080:8080

networks:
    traefik-network:
        external: true
    archivebox-default:

ArchiveBox Configuration

[SERVER_CONFIG]
SECRET_KEY = <redacted>

Originally created by @orthodoxe on GitHub (Jan 19, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1637 Originally assigned to: @pirate on GitHub. ### Provide a screenshot and describe the bug ## Description I gave ArchiveBox a cookie file (netscape format) but when I try to archive a page like reddit or youtube that have cookie popups (or other type of popups) they still appear in the archive. If I try to use the NoVNC browser to accept cookies I just see a debian wallpaper with an (almost) empty taskbar (see screenshot) ## Screenshots ### Vnc empty desktop  ### Expected result (reddit)  ### Result (reddit) **onefile**  **dom**  ### Expected Result (youtube)  ### Result (youtube) **onefile**  **dom**  **wget**  ## P.S. I don't need to be logged into the accounts, I just don't want the cookie popup. I also can't add a chrome profile as it gives errors (the container can't start if I uncomment the lines regarding the chrome profile in the docker compose): ```txt [i] [2025-01-19 13:02:23] ArchiveBox v0.7.3: archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000 > /data [X] Could not find profile "Default" in CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR. /data/personas/Default/chrome_profile Make sure you set it to a Chrome user data directory containing a Default profile folder. For more info see: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR Try removing /Default from the end e.g.: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/archivebox", line 8, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 140, in main run_subcommand( File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 74, in run_subcommand setup_django(in_memory_db=subcommand in fake_db, check_db=cmd_requires_db and not init_pending) File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1344, in setup_django check_system_config() File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1254, in check_system_config stderr(' CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR="{}"'.format(config['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR'].split('/Default')[0])) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'split' ``` ### Steps to reproduce ```markdown 1. Started ArchiveBox on my server 2. Archived https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1i4a48j/pushrejectedbydragon/ with archivebox chrome extension 3. Archived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw with archivebox chrome extension 4. View the archived pages (onefile, pdf, screenshot, dom, wget, ecc...) ``` ### Logs or errors ```shell ---------------------- Container logs ---------------------- [+] Adding URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1i4a48j/pushrejectedbydragon/ [*] [2025-01-19 12:29:08] Archiving 1/45 URLs from added set... "GET /admin/core/snapshot/ HTTP/1.1" 200 107990 "GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3191 "GET /admin/core/snapshot/ HTTP/1.1" 200 107988 "GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3191 "GET /admin/core/snapshot/ HTTP/1.1" 200 108013 "GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3191 "POST /add/ HTTP/1.1" 200 7037 ---------------- data/logs/errors.log ------------------ Exception in archive_methods.save_media(Link(url=https://blog.stackademic.com/java-in-practice-one-line-code-for-performance-tracking-aa6a431faba0)) command=/usr/local/bin/archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000; ts=2025-01-19__12:14:55 FOREIGN KEY constraint failed Internal Server Error: /add/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 47, in inner response = get_response(request) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 181, in _get_response response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 70, in view return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py", line 43, in _wrapper return bound_method(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/decorators/csrf.py", line 54, in wrapped_view return view_func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/mixins.py", line 109, in dispatch return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 98, in dispatch return handler(request, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py", line 142, in post return self.form_valid(form) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/core/views.py", line 290, in form_valid add(**input_kwargs) File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function return func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/main.py", line 693, in add archive_links(new_links, overwrite=False, **archive_kwargs) File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function return func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/extractors/__init__.py", line 236, in archive_links archive_link(to_archive, overwrite=overwrite, methods=methods, out_dir=Path(link.link_dir)) File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function return func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/extractors/__init__.py", line 199, in archive_link write_link_details(link, out_dir=out_dir, skip_sql_index=False) File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function return func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/index/__init__.py", line 335, in write_link_details write_json_link_details(link, out_dir=out_dir) File "/app/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function return func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/index/json.py", line 99, in write_json_link_details atomic_write(str(path), link._asdict(extended=True)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/index/schema.py", line 193, in _asdict 'snapshot_id': self.snapshot_id, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 48, in __get__ res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/index/schema.py", line 265, in snapshot_id return str(Snapshot.objects.only('id').get(url=self.url).id) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 429, in get raise self.model.DoesNotExist( core.models.Snapshot.DoesNotExist: Snapshot matching query does not exist. Exception in archive_methods.save_htmltotext(Link(url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1i4a48j/pushrejectedbydragon/)) command=/usr/local/bin/archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000; ts=2025-01-19__12:29:38 cannot access local variable 'cmd' where it is not associated with a valu ``` ### ArchiveBox Version ```shell 0.7.3 ArchiveBox v0.7.3 COMMIT_HASH=069aabc BUILD_TIME=2024-12-15 09:54:03 1734256443 IN_DOCKER=True IN_QEMU=False ARCH=x86_64 OS=Linux PLATFORM=Linux-6.6.44-production+truenas-x86_64-with-glibc2.36 PYTHON=Cpython FS_ATOMIC=True FS_REMOTE=True FS_USER=568:568 FS_PERMS=644 DEBUG=False IS_TTY=True TZ=UTC SEARCH_BACKEND=sonic LDAP=False [i] Dependency versions: √ PYTHON_BINARY v3.11.11 valid /usr/local/bin/python3.11 √ SQLITE_BINARY v2.6.0 valid /usr/local/lib/python3.11/sqlite3/dbapi2.py √ DJANGO_BINARY v3.1.14 valid /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/__init__.py √ ARCHIVEBOX_BINARY v0.7.3 valid /usr/local/bin/archivebox √ CURL_BINARY v8.10.1 valid /usr/bin/curl √ WGET_BINARY v1.21.3 valid /usr/bin/wget √ NODE_BINARY v20.18.1 valid /usr/bin/node √ SINGLEFILE_BINARY v1.1.54 valid /app/node_modules/single-file-cli/single-file √ READABILITY_BINARY v0.0.11 valid /app/node_modules/readability-extractor/readability-extractor √ MERCURY_BINARY v1.0.0 valid /app/node_modules/@postlight/parser/cli.js √ GIT_BINARY v2.39.5 valid /usr/bin/git √ YOUTUBEDL_BINARY v2024.12.13 valid /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp √ CHROME_BINARY v131.0.6778.33 valid /usr/bin/chromium-browser √ RIPGREP_BINARY v13.0.0 valid /usr/bin/rg [i] Source-code locations: √ PACKAGE_DIR 24 files valid /app/archivebox √ TEMPLATES_DIR 3 files valid /app/archivebox/templates - CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR - disabled None [i] Secrets locations: - CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR - disabled None √ COOKIES_FILE 6.7 KB valid ./chrome-cookies/cookies.txt [i] Data locations: √ OUTPUT_DIR 7 files @ valid /data √ SOURCES_DIR 76 files valid ./sources √ LOGS_DIR 1 files valid ./logs √ ARCHIVE_DIR 45 files valid ./archive √ CONFIG_FILE 81.0 Bytes valid ./ArchiveBox.conf √ SQL_INDEX 624.0 KB valid ./index.sqlite3 ``` ### How did you install the version of ArchiveBox you are using? Docker (or Podman/LXC/K8s/TrueNAS/Proxmox/etc) ### What operating system are you running on? 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I can confirm that with the latest tag, neither the cookies.txt nor the chromium profile are working.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2612839747 --> @TooManyStacks commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2025): I can confirm that with the latest tag, neither the cookies.txt nor the chromium profile are working.

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2025):

OP's post indicates no CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR is set up.

The cookies.txt file only applies to a few of the methods (wget, curl, yt-dlp), for the rest a CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR must be set up.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2614522360 --> @pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2025): OP's post indicates no `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR` is set up. The cookies.txt file only applies to a few of the methods (wget, curl, yt-dlp), for the rest a `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR` must be set up.

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@orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025):

OP's post indicates no CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR is set up.

The cookies.txt file only applies to a few of the methods (wget, curl, yt-dlp), for the rest a CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR must be set up.

Thank you for your response.
I have tried to uncomment the lines regarding the chrome profile but when I restart the docker compose stack I get this error from the archivebox main container:

AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'split'
[i] [2025-01-28 14:19:48] ArchiveBox v0.7.3: archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000
    > /data
[X] Could not find profile "Default" in CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR.
    /data/personas/Default/chrome_profile
    Make sure you set it to a Chrome user data directory containing a Default profile folder.
    For more info see:
        https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR
    Try removing /Default from the end e.g.:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/archivebox", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 140, in main
    run_subcommand(
  File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 74, in run_subcommand
    setup_django(in_memory_db=subcommand in fake_db, check_db=cmd_requires_db and not init_pending)
  File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1344, in setup_django
    check_system_config()
  File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1254, in check_system_config
    stderr('        CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR="{}"'.format(config['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR'].split('/Default')[0]))
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'split'

Inside the chrome profile folder I have the profile's data not another folder named "Default" or anything else.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2619161067 --> @orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025): > OP's post indicates no `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR` is set up. > > The cookies.txt file only applies to a few of the methods (wget, curl, yt-dlp), for the rest a `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR` must be set up. Thank you for your response. I have tried to uncomment the lines regarding the chrome profile but when I restart the docker compose stack I get this error from the archivebox main container: ```bash AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'split' [i] [2025-01-28 14:19:48] ArchiveBox v0.7.3: archivebox server --quick-init 0.0.0.0:8000 > /data [X] Could not find profile "Default" in CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR. /data/personas/Default/chrome_profile Make sure you set it to a Chrome user data directory containing a Default profile folder. For more info see: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR Try removing /Default from the end e.g.: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/archivebox", line 8, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 140, in main run_subcommand( File "/app/archivebox/cli/__init__.py", line 74, in run_subcommand setup_django(in_memory_db=subcommand in fake_db, check_db=cmd_requires_db and not init_pending) File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1344, in setup_django check_system_config() File "/app/archivebox/config.py", line 1254, in check_system_config stderr(' CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR="{}"'.format(config['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR'].split('/Default')[0])) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'split' ``` Inside the chrome profile folder I have the profile's data not another folder named "Default" or anything else.

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025):

If there's no "default" folder inside then you're using the wrong folder, pass it the parent folder to the one you're using now.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2619358424 --> @pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025): If there's no "default" folder inside then you're using the wrong folder, pass it the parent folder to the one you're using now.

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@orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025):

I put the chrome profile's data inside a folder named "Default" so now I have:

chrome-profile
└ Default
   └ profile's data (it's a placeholder, not an actual directory)

I no longer get the error but websites archived with onefile (and other archiving methods that use chrome profile) still have the cookie popup.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2619507403 --> @orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025): I put the chrome profile's data inside a folder named "Default" so now I have: ```directory chrome-profile └ Default └ profile's data (it's a placeholder, not an actual directory) ``` I no longer get the error but websites archived with onefile (and other archiving methods that use chrome profile) still have the cookie popup.

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025):

It should look like this:

CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/path/to/chrome_profile

/path/to/chrome_profile
└ AutofillStates
└ CertificateRevocation
└ Crowd Deny
└ Default
  └ AutofillStrikeDatabase
  └ blob_storage
  └ BudgetDatabase
  └ Cache
  └ ...
  └ Cookies
  └ History
  └ Preferences
└ FileTypePolicies
└ ...
└ SingletonCookie
└ SingletonLock
└ SingletonSocket

---

ArchiveBox also has the concept of a "Persona" which is folder that contains all the state needed to impersonate a human (which can include a chrome profile dir). Don't be confused by Default appearing twice in the path if you're putting the chrome profile in the /data/personas/Default dir, the personas/Default is created by archivebox, but really it can be any path you don't have to put it inthe personas dir, the chrome_profile/Default subdir is created by chrome and cannot be relocated.

• ✅ CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/any/path/to/chrome_profile <- this is ok (this dir should already contain a Default dir inside that's created by chrome)
• ✅ CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/data/personas/Default/chrome_profile <- this is ok (this dir should already contain a Default dir inside that's created by chrome)
• ❌ CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/data/personas/Default/chrome_profile/Default <- this is incorrect, take the /Default off the end (the error you saw was in the help text explaining this)
• ❌ CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/any/path/to/chrome_profile/Default <- this is incorrect (same, take /Default off the end)

---

For example to create and use a new chrome profile stored in ~/Desktop/test_profile you'd run:

# 1.a. if you want to open the UI so you can log into things to seed the new profile with cookies
chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile

# 1.b. or if you just want to create a new blank chrome profile with no cookies in it
chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile --headless=new --screenshot 'https://example.com'

# 2. after chrome exits, ./test_profile will contain the dir you should pass to archivebox
archivebox config --set CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile

# 3. check that it's valid and usable by archivebox
archivebox version | grep CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR

<!-- gh-comment-id:2620078666 --> @pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2025): It should look like this: ```bash CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/path/to/chrome_profile ``` ``` /path/to/chrome_profile └ AutofillStates └ CertificateRevocation └ Crowd Deny └ Default └ AutofillStrikeDatabase └ blob_storage └ BudgetDatabase └ Cache └ ... └ Cookies └ History └ Preferences └ FileTypePolicies └ ... └ SingletonCookie └ SingletonLock └ SingletonSocket ``` <img width="868" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8c0641df-71a6-4c58-bb20-3d178366cc70" /> <img width="1001" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57021bf5-0ed4-4e0a-99d4-7822f4118b66" /> --- ArchiveBox also has the concept of a "Persona" which is folder that contains all the state needed to impersonate a human (which can include a chrome profile dir). Don't be confused by `Default` appearing twice in the path if you're putting the chrome profile in the `/data/personas/Default` dir, the `personas/Default` is created by archivebox, but really it can be any path you don't have to put it inthe personas dir, the `chrome_profile/Default` subdir is created by chrome and cannot be relocated. - ✅ `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/any/path/to/chrome_profile` <- this is ok (this dir should already contain a `Default` dir inside that's created by chrome) - ✅ `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/data/personas/Default/chrome_profile` <- this is ok (this dir should already contain a `Default` dir inside that's created by chrome) - ❌ `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/data/personas/Default/chrome_profile/Default` <- this is incorrect, take the `/Default` off the end (the error you saw was in the help text explaining this) - ❌ `CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=/any/path/to/chrome_profile/Default` <- this is incorrect (same, take `/Default` off the end) --- For example to create and use a new chrome profile stored in `~/Desktop/test_profile` you'd run: ```bash # 1.a. if you want to open the UI so you can log into things to seed the new profile with cookies chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile # 1.b. or if you just want to create a new blank chrome profile with no cookies in it chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile --headless=new --screenshot 'https://example.com' # 2. after chrome exits, ./test_profile will contain the dir you should pass to archivebox archivebox config --set CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile # 3. check that it's valid and usable by archivebox archivebox version | grep CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR ``` <img width="997" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/62d684fd-2655-4977-96fc-04eacd26394f" /> <img width="534" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/80fe5f48-537b-45ab-966d-27a423f2e182" />

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@orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2025):

For example to create and use a new chrome profile stored in ~/Desktop/test_profile you'd run:
# 1.a. if you want to open the UI so you can log into things to seed the new profile with cookies
chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile
# 1.b. or if you just want to create a new blank chrome profile with no cookies in it
chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile --headless=new --screenshot 'https://example.com'

Should I create the profile with google chrome or chromium? I read the docs and, from my understanding, I should use chromium but does archivebox accept google chrome profile too or do I have to find a way of installing chromium?

<!-- gh-comment-id:2622393571 --> @orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2025): > For example to create and use a new chrome profile stored in ~/Desktop/test_profile you'd run: > \# 1.a. if you want to open the UI so you can log into things to seed the new profile with cookies > chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile > \# 1.b. or if you just want to create a new blank chrome profile with no cookies in it > chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/Desktop/test_profile --headless=new --screenshot 'https://example.com' Should I create the profile with google chrome or chromium? I read the docs and, from my understanding, I should use chromium but does archivebox accept google chrome profile too or do I have to find a way of installing chromium?

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2025):

You can use either one (controlled by archivebox config --set CHROME_BINARY=chromium), but whatever you use needs to match. The browser that creates the profile needs to be on the same OS, CPU architecture, and ideally the exact same chromium/chrome binary.

Depending on your OS you can use any of these:

github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox@12f109b1be/archivebox/pkgs/abx-plugin-chrome/abx_plugin_chrome/binaries.py (L27C1-L51C76)

and probably other chromium based browsers too like brave

<!-- gh-comment-id:2626457277 --> @pirate commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2025): You can use either one (controlled by `archivebox config --set CHROME_BINARY=chromium`), but whatever you use needs to match. The browser that creates the profile needs to be on the same OS, CPU architecture, and ideally the exact same chromium/chrome binary. Depending on your OS you can use any of these: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/12f109b1be9577f5d7adde0a93021496e2d60624/archivebox/pkgs/abx-plugin-chrome/abx_plugin_chrome/binaries.py#L27C1-L51C76 and probably other chromium based browsers too like `brave`

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@orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2025):

Hello, sorry to respond to late but life's been busy.
I tried making a chromium profile and it loads without errors but it still doesn't use it.

This is the Default folder inside chrome-profile. The mounted folder is chrome-profile.

I still get the cookie popup on things like singlefile

<!-- gh-comment-id:2649036880 --> @orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2025): Hello, sorry to respond to late but life's been busy. I tried making a chromium profile and it loads without errors but it still doesn't use it. This is the `Default` folder inside `chrome-profile`. The mounted folder is `chrome-profile`.    I still get the cookie popup on things like singlefile 

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2025):

Singlefile not respecting the chrome profile is a known issue on v0.7.3, is it working for screenshot, PDF, and DOM though? Those are the only ones it applies to

<!-- gh-comment-id:2649599905 --> @pirate commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2025): Singlefile not respecting the chrome profile is a known issue on v0.7.3, is it working for screenshot, PDF, and DOM though? Those are the only ones it applies to

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@orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2025):

Yes, it is working for pdf, screenshot and dom, I don't see the cookie popup.
Then I'll wait for some bug fixes and maybe help with the project myself.
Anyways, thanks for all the help.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2650997818 --> @orthodoxe commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2025): Yes, it is working for pdf, screenshot and dom, I don't see the cookie popup. Then I'll wait for some bug fixes and maybe help with the project myself. Anyways, thanks for all the help.

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