block x ads, unhide text - tampermonkey script

block-ads-x.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Twitter/X Ad Hider & Auto-Expander
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.4
// @description  Hides promoted tweets (ads) and automatically clicks "Show more" to expand long tweets in the timeline.
// @author       Your Name (or alias)
// @match        *://*.twitter.com/*
// @match        *://x.com/*
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document-idle
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // --- Selectors ---
    const AD_TEXT_SELECTOR = './/span[text()="Ad"]'; // XPath selector for the "Ad" text
    const AD_CONTAINER_SELECTOR = 'div[data-testid="cellInnerDiv"]'; // CSS selector for the container to hide
    // NEW: Selector for the "Show more" button in tweets.
    const SHOW_MORE_BUTTON_SELECTOR = 'button[data-testid="tweet-text-show-more-link"]';

    // --- Core Functions ---

    // Function to find and hide ads within a given node or the whole document
    function hideAds(node = document) {
        try {
            const xpathResult = document.evaluate(
                AD_TEXT_SELECTOR,
                node,
                null,
                XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE,
                null
            );

            let adSpan;
            while ((adSpan = xpathResult.iterateNext())) {
                const adContainer = adSpan.closest(AD_CONTAINER_SELECTOR);
                if (adContainer && adContainer.style.display !== 'none') {
                    // console.log('Hiding Ad:', adContainer);
                    adContainer.style.display = 'none';
                }
            }
        } catch (error) {
            console.error('Twitter/X Ad Hider Error during hiding:', error);
        }
    }

    // NEW: Function to find and click "Show more" buttons within a given node.
    // This is adapted from the logic you provided.
    function autoExpandTweets(node = document) {
        try {
            // Find all potential "Show more" buttons within the scanned node.
            const showMoreButtons = node.querySelectorAll(SHOW_MORE_BUTTON_SELECTOR);

            showMoreButtons.forEach(button => {
                // The offsetParent check is a reliable way to see if an element is currently visible on the page.
                if (button.offsetParent !== null) {
                    // console.log('Expanding tweet...');
                    button.click();
                }
            });
        } catch (error) {
            console.error('Twitter/X Auto-Expander Error:', error);
        }
    }

    // NEW: A combined function to process new content.
    function processNode(node) {
        hideAds(node);
        autoExpandTweets(node);
    }


    // --- MutationObserver Setup ---

    const targetNode = document.body;

    if (!targetNode) {
        console.error('Twitter/X Script: Could not find target node to observe.');
        return;
    }

    const config = {
        childList: true,
        subtree: true
    };

    // Callback function now calls our combined processor.
    const callback = function(mutationsList, observer) {
        for (const mutation of mutationsList) {
            if (mutation.type === 'childList' && mutation.addedNodes.length > 0) {
                mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => {
                    // We only need to check element nodes.
                    if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                        // Process each new node for both ads and "Show more" links.
                        processNode(node);
                    }
                });
            }
        }
    };

    const observer = new MutationObserver(callback);

    try {
        observer.observe(targetNode, config);
        // console.log('Twitter/X Script: Observer started.');
    } catch (error) {
         console.error('Twitter/X Script Error starting observer:', error);
    }


    // --- Initial Run ---
    // Run once on script load to catch content already present.
    setTimeout(() => {
        // console.log('Twitter/X Script: Running initial scan...');
        // Run the combined processor on the whole document body.
        processNode(document.body);
    }, 500);

})();