permission denied

[xzripper]

Bug description
I'm running basic G4F code from README:

import g4f


response = g4f.ChatCompletion.create(
    model=g4f.models.gpt_4,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
)  # alterative model setting

print(response)

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\IonE\Desktop\main.py", line 3, in <module>
    import g4f
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\g4f\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from . import models
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\g4f\models.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .Provider import Bard, BaseProvider, GetGpt, H2o, Liaobots, Vercel, Equing
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\g4f\Provider\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .Bard import Bard
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\g4f\Provider\Bard.py", line 11, in <module>
    class Bard(AsyncProvider):
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\g4f\Provider\Bard.py", line 22, in Bard
    cookies: dict = get_cookies(".google.com"),
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\g4f\Provider\base_provider.py", line 45, in get_cookies
    for cookie in browser_cookie3.load(cookie_domain):
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\browser_cookie3\__init__.py", line 1233, in load
    for cookie in cookie_fn(domain_name=domain_name):
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\browser_cookie3\__init__.py", line 1160, in chrome
    return Chrome(cookie_file, domain_name, key_file).load()
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\browser_cookie3\__init__.py", line 489, in load
    with _DatabaseConnetion(self.cookie_file) as con:
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\browser_cookie3\__init__.py", line 349, in __enter__
    return self.get_connection()
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\browser_cookie3\__init__.py", line 383, in get_connection
    con = method()
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\site-packages\browser_cookie3\__init__.py", line 374, in __get_connection_legacy
    shutil.copyfile(self.__database_file, self.__temp_cookie_file)
  File "D:\Program Files\Python399\lib\shutil.py", line 264, in copyfile
    with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\IonE\\AppData\\Roaming\\..\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default\\Network\\Cookies'

Environement

• python 3.9.9
• ukraine

[bagusindrayana]

same here, problem related to browser_cookie3 in get_cookies function d765551
get_cookies function always called even not use Bard provider

check this issue from official browser_cookie3 repo : borisbabic/browser_cookie3#180

[saulojoab]

Hey! I was getting the same error on my M1 Macbook Pro, solved it by giving full disk access permission to Terminal and VSCode.

Not sure how to fix on Windows, tho.

[hlohaus]

Oh, i created a hotfix to remove get_cookies from global:
#847

With this fix, you can pass cookies manually to the provider. Then browser_cookie3 will not used.

@xzripper You can try use the gpt4free with administration rights. Then they will maybe not a Permission denied.

[xzripper]

Using @hlohaus hotfix removed the problem