added login-based workaround to view NSFW content

nitter.example.conf

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ tokenCount = 10
 # always at least $tokenCount usable tokens. again, only increase this if
 # you receive major bursts all the time
 
-#cookieHeader = "ct0=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX; auth_token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" # authentication cookie of a logged in account, required for the likes tab
+#cookieHeader = "ct0=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX; auth_token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" # authentication cookie of a logged in account, required for the likes tab and NSFW content
-#xCsrfToken = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" # required for the likes tab
+#xCsrfToken = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" # required for the likes tab and NSFW content
 
 # Change default preferences here, see src/prefs_impl.nim for a complete list
 [Preferences]

src/api.nim

@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ proc getFavorites*(id: string; cfg: Config; after=""): Future[Timeline] {.async.
   let
     ps = genParams({"userId": id}, after)
     url = consts.favorites / (id & ".json") ? ps
-    headers = newHttpHeaders({
+  result = parseTimeline(await fetch(url, Api.favorites), after)
-      "Cookie": cfg.cookieHeader,
-      "x-csrf-token": cfg.xCsrfToken
-    })
-  result = parseTimeline(await fetch(url, Api.favorites, headers), after)
 
 proc getMediaTimeline*(id: string; after=""): Future[Timeline] {.async.} =
   if id.len == 0: return

src/apiutils.nim

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import httpclient, asyncdispatch, options, strutils, uri
 import jsony, packedjson, zippy
 import types, tokens, consts, parserutils, http_pool
 import experimental/types/common
+import config
 
 const
   rlRemaining = "x-rate-limit-remaining"
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ proc genHeaders*(token: Token = nil): HttpHeaders =
     "accept": "*/*",
     "DNT": "1"
   })
+  if len(cfg.cookieHeader) != 0:
+      result.add("Cookie", cfg.cookieHeader)
+  if len(cfg.xCsrfToken) != 0:
+      result.add("x-csrf-token", cfg.xCsrfToken)
 
 template updateToken() =
   if api != Api.search and resp.headers.hasKey(rlRemaining):

src/config.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 import parsecfg except Config
 import types, strutils
+from os import getEnv
 
 proc get*[T](config: parseCfg.Config; section, key: string; default: T): T =
   let val = config.getSectionValue(section, key)
@@ -46,3 +47,7 @@ proc getConfig*(path: string): (Config, parseCfg.Config) =
   )
 
   return (conf, cfg)
+
+
+let configPath = getEnv("NITTER_CONF_FILE", "./nitter.conf")
+let (cfg*, fullCfg*) = getConfig(configPath)

src/nitter.nim

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import asyncdispatch, strformat, logging
 from net import Port
 from htmlgen import a
-from os import getEnv
 
 import jester
 
@@ -15,9 +14,6 @@ import routes/[
 const instancesUrl = "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances"
 const issuesUrl = "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues"
 
-let configPath = getEnv("NITTER_CONF_FILE", "./nitter.conf")
-let (cfg, fullCfg) = getConfig(configPath)
-
 if not cfg.enableDebug:
   # Silence Jester's query warning
   addHandler(newConsoleLogger())