Browser Download Workaround

The browser tool doesn't support direct file downloads. Use this workaround to download files from authenticated sessions.

Method

1. Extract cookies from the browser session
2. Use curl with those cookies to download

Step 1: Extract Cookies

// In browser act → evaluate
document.cookie

Step 2: Download with curl

curl -L -b "cookie1=value1; cookie2=value2" -o /path/to/output.file "https://url/to/download"

Gmail Attachment Example

# 1. Get cookies from Gmail session
# browser act → evaluate → document.cookie

# 2. Download attachment
curl -L \
  -b "GMAIL_AT=xxx; SID=yyy; HSID=zzz" \
  -o ~/Downloads/attachment.pdf \
  "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=xxx&attid=0.1&disp=safe&realattid=xxx&zw"

Google Drive Example

curl -L \
  -b "SID=xxx; HSID=yyy" \
  -o ~/Downloads/file.pdf \
  "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILE_ID"

Tips

• Use -L to follow redirects
• Use -o to specify output filename
• Some sites require additional headers: -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0..."
• For large files, add --progress-bar to see download progress

Alternative: Browser Screenshot/Print

For documents that can't be downloaded:

1. Navigate to the document in browser
2. Use browser screenshot --fullPage to capture
3. Or use browser pdf to save as PDF (if supported)