Add instructions in stdout

common.py

@@ -7,9 +7,17 @@ else:
     getpass = input
 
 
-def get_sessionid(cookie_key):
+def get_sessionid(service_name, cookie_key):
     """Ask the user for the session id, if it's not configured as an envvar."""
-    sid = getpass(f"Please provide your CodiMD session id ({cookie_key} cookie): ")
+    print(f"You now will be asked for your session cookie for {service_name}")
+    print(f"To extract this cookie, you need to open your browser with an active and logged-in {service_name} session")
+    print(f"In Firefox or Chrome, you can do this by following the following steps:")
+    print(f"\t1. Open the developer tools (Shortcut: F12")
+    print(f"\t2. Select \"Storage -> Cookies\" (Firefox) or \"Application -> Cookies\"")
+    print(f"\t3. Copy the value for the cookie named {cookie_key}")
+    print(f"\t4. Input it in the prompt")
+
+    sid = getpass(f"Please provide your {service_name} session id ({cookie_key} cookie): ")
     if sid.startswith("s%3A"):
         return sid
     raise SystemExit(f"error: the supplied session id seems to be malformed")

md-import-export.py

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ from hedgedoc_import import import_into_hedgedoc
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     export_folder = "codimd-documents"
-    export_from_codimd("http://localhost:3001", get_sessionid("connect.sid"), export_folder)
-    import_into_hedgedoc("http://hedgedoc:3000", get_sessionid("connect.hedgeDoc.sid"), export_folder, "archive.zip")
+    export_from_codimd("http://localhost:3001", get_sessionid("CodiMD", "connect.sid"), export_folder)
+    import_into_hedgedoc("http://hedgedoc:3000", get_sessionid("HedgeDoc", "connect.hedgeDoc.sid"), export_folder, "archive.zip")