From 5d2168cf46da8a740135f1d7f03aef963f9ea0cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Frank Hymer (Rat-Rat)" <securerat@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 14:21:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] REVUSION yt-skip-ads.py

The drivers have been F'n me up. I tried firefox, and chrome, but I think this is best Chromium.
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 yt-skip-ads.py | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 yt-skip-ads.py

diff --git a/yt-skip-ads.py b/yt-skip-ads.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a22069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt-skip-ads.py
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+'''python
+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
+from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
+from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException, ElementClickInterceptedException, StaleElementReferenceException
+import time
+from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
+
+# --- Standard setup (ensure chromedriver is in PATH or specify executable_path) ---
+options = Options()
+options.binary_location = "/usr/bin/chromium"  # Adjust this path to your Chromium binary
+driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
+# --- End Standard setup ---
+
+driver.get("https://www.youtube.com")
+print("Successfully opened YouTube.")
+print("Please navigate to a video or let a video with an ad play.")
+print("The script will monitor for and attempt to skip ads.")
+
+SKIP_BUTTON_LOCATORS = [
+    (By.CLASS_NAME, "ytp-ad-skip-button-modern"),
+    (By.CLASS_NAME, "ytp-ad-skip-button"),
+    (By.XPATH, "//button[.//div[contains(@class,'ytp-ad-text') and normalize-space()='Skip']]"),
+    (By.XPATH, "//button[.//span[contains(text(),'Skip')]]"),
+    (By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".videoAdUiSkipButton,.ytp-ad-skip-button-modern,.ytp-ad-skip-button")
+]
+
+WAIT_TIMEOUT = 3
+
+try:
+    while True:
+        for strategy, locator_value in SKIP_BUTTON_LOCATORS:
+            try:
+                skip_button = WebDriverWait(driver, WAIT_TIMEOUT).until(
+                    EC.element_to_be_clickable((strategy, locator_value))
+                )
+                if skip_button.is_displayed() and skip_button.is_enabled():
+                    print(f"Skip Ad button found with {strategy}: {locator_value}. Attempting to click...")
+                    try:
+                        driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", skip_button)
+                        print("Ad skipped!")
+                        time.sleep(2)  # Wait a bit after skipping
+                        break
+                    except ElementClickInterceptedException:
+                        print(f"Button click intercepted for {strategy}: {locator_value}. Trying JavaScript click again or waiting.")
+                        try:
+                            driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", skip_button)
+                            print("Ad skipped via JS after interception!")
+                            time.sleep(2)
+                        
+                            break
+                        except Exception as e_js:
+                            print(f"JS click also failed after interception: {e_js}")
+            except TimeoutException:
+                continue
+            except StaleElementReferenceException:
+                print(f"Stale element reference for {strategy}: {locator_value}. The page might have changed. Retrying.")
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"An unexpected error occurred while trying locator {strategy} {locator_value}: {e}")
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    print("Script stopped by user.")
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"An unhandled error occurred in the main loop: {e}")
+finally:
+    print("Closing the browser...")
+    driver.quit()