Camoufox Cookie Injection: Browse Reddit as Yourself While Your Agent Does the Work

Regular browser automation hits a wall with Reddit — instant CAPTCHA, fingerprint detection, login blocks. One OpenClaw community member spent 3 hours debugging and finally cracked it.

What Doesn't Work

• Plain Playwright — Instant CAPTCHA wall
• document.cookie injection — httpOnly cookies can't be set from JavaScript
• Login through Camoufox — Reddit flags the login flow itself

The Solution

The trick: log in manually once in a real browser, extract cookies from Firefox's SQLite database, then inject them at the Playwright level (not JS level) using context.addCookies().

Step 1: Log in manually once via VNC into your VPS, Firefox, Reddit

Step 2: Extract cookies from cookies.sqlite in Firefox profile

Step 3: Patch Camoufox server to add a /cookies endpoint that calls session.context.addCookies()

Step 4: Navigate to reddit.com — fully logged in, no CAPTCHA, no bot detection

Why It Matters

• Reddit's API is increasingly locked down
• Regular automation gets blocked instantly
• Works for Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn — anywhere you need a real session
• Your agent can browse and interact as you while you're AFK

The whole setup runs in Docker on a $10/month VPS.

Source: r/openclaw community