Import Livebooks from private Github repos

[DaniruKun]

If you try to currently import a livemd file from a Github repository that is private, then Livebook fails with this error:

This is of course because the underlying HTTP client makes an unauthenticated request:

livebook/lib/livebook/utils/http.ex

Line 42 in 567b7af

def request(method, url, opts \\ [])

It would be great to e.g. automatically read the local cookie store if a special cmdline arg is passed. yt-dlp does something like this when you pass an arg, and it will ask the user to grant access to the local browser cookie store. This can then be used by the HTTP client to get the Livebook files.

[jonatanklosko]

Hey @DaniruKun!

automatically read the local cookie store if a special cmdline arg is passed

I think it's not worth the complexity of searching for browser-specific files across browsers, especially if that's something the user would need to opt-in for.

To import a private notebook the user can use the "From clipboard" option. Not that on GitHub, if you click "Raw", the URL will include a temporary token and that will import just fine :)