Skip YouTube Ads, for Firefox

skip_yt_ads.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
LICENSE = """
    Skip YouTube Ads - does what it says
    Uses Python to launch a remote-controlled FireFox process.

    Copyright (C) 2024  Henry Kroll III, www.thenerdshow.com

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""
import sys
import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("usage: autoskip PwcldsQwalc #v=")
    exit(0)

# Initialize the Firefox driver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()

# Navigate to the YouTube page
driver.get(f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={sys.argv[1]}")
while 1:
    try:
        # Wait for the class of skip button to appear
        skip_button = WebDriverWait(driver,
10000).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CLASS_NAME, "ytp-skip-ad-button")))

        # Give button time to become clickable
        time.sleep(1)

        # Click the button 
        skip_button.click()
    except:
        # Skip errors.
        pass
driver.quit()