From c699ce8ebb7fef138c589a1e739c8c003189bbc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:54:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [twitter] add 'username-alt' option (#5715)

---
 docs/configuration.rst          | 12 ++++++++++++
 gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index c16d1be8..c659e9d4 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -4105,6 +4105,18 @@ Description
     Ignore previously seen Tweets.
 
 
+extractor.twitter.username-alt
+------------------------------
+Type
+    ``string``
+Description
+    Alternate Identifier (username, email, phone number)
+    when `logging in <extractor.*.username & .password_>`__.
+
+    When not specified and asked for by Twitter,
+    this identifier will need to entered in an interactive prompt.
+
+
 extractor.twitter.users
 -----------------------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 5e6793ba..04970a40 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ def _login_impl(extr, username, password):
                 },
             }
         elif subtask == "LoginEnterAlternateIdentifierSubtask":
-            alt = extr.input(
+            alt = extr.config("username_alt") or extr.input(
                 "Alternate Identifier (username, email, phone number): ")
             data = {
                 "enter_text": {