title: Is there a way to extract cookies from the Firefox cookies file?
body: <p>I'm not sure if this is possible but is there a way to grab the cookie from yahoo from Firefox's cookies.sqlite file and then use that information in a Java program?  When I log into yahoo, I told it to leave me logged in.  Since the browser thinks I'm still logged in, that info is stored in a cookie (I assume).</p>
  
  <p>I saw yahoo has their <a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/fantasysports/guide/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">developer's API</a> and some OAuth library.  To be able to use OAuth to log in, I would need to register my program but I don't want to register unless I have to.  I found this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7610896/how-to-use-sqlite-to-read-data-from-the-firefox-cookies-file">post from SO</a> on how to use sqlite.exe to view the file.  However, the file looks like gibberish (to a human) and I can't tell what entry is my cookie.</p>
  
  <p>Is there another way to parse this file to get my yahoo cookie and use it in a Java program?  Do I have to register my "secret" program with yahoo to use OAuth properly to log into yahoo?  Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.</p>