How I gave Claude cookie tools a public no-key JSON API

Jake Reinhold — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:21:41 +0000

If you use Claude Code, you have probably hit this wall: the browser stores your login as a sessionKey cookie, but Claude Code wants ~/.claude/.credentials.json. Two different files, same login.

I built claudecookie.com to bridge the gap. Three tools, one place:

Converter — turn Netscape cookies.txt, Cookie-Editor JSON, Puppeteer format, key-value or a raw Cookie header into each other. Runs entirely in your browser; the paste never leaves your device.
Check — paste a session cookie and it tells you if the session is alive, which plan it belongs to, and how much of the 5-hour and weekly usage windows is left.
Credentials — same check, then download the ~/.claude/.credentials.json Claude Code actually reads.

The public API

Every one of those three exists as a public JSON API. No API key, CORS is *, everything over HTTPS:

# convert
curl https://claudecookie.com/api/v1/convert \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":"sessionKey=sk-ant-sid01-...","target":"cookie-editor"}'

# check
curl https://claudecookie.com/api/v1/check \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"cookie":"sessionKey=sk-ant-sid01-..."}'

# credentials
curl https://claudecookie.com/api/v1/credential \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"cookie":"sessionKey=sk-ant-sid01-..."}'

Batch check accepts up to 10 cookies in one request ({"cookies": ["...", "..."]}).

Rate limits (published, no surprises)

Route	Budget
All `/api/v1/*`	10 req/s per IP (burst 20)
`POST /convert`	60/min per IP
`POST /check`	20/min per IP
`POST /credential`	5/min and 20/hour per IP; 3/hour per sessionKey

A 429 response carries a Retry-After header in seconds.

Machine-readable docs

OpenAPI 3.1 spec: https://claudecookie.com/openapi.json
Short agent-facing summary: https://claudecookie.com/llms.txt
Copy-paste scripts: https://github.com/Chumbayoumba/claudecookie (examples/curl.sh, examples/check.py, examples/convert.mjs)

What a check reads

account email and plan (Free / Pro / Max)
5-hour usage window and reset time
weekly usage window and reset time

It does not log you out, and it does not rotate your cookie on purpose. Treat a live session cookie like a password: only paste a session you control.

The site also has Russian and Chinese versions. Not made by or endorsed by Anthropic.

If you end up using the API, tell me what is missing. The whole point of publishing it with no keys is that agents and scripts can just call it.

DEV Community: Jake Reinhold

How I gave Claude cookie tools a public no-key JSON API

The public API

Rate limits (published, no surprises)

Machine-readable docs

What a check reads