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youtubepublisher-code (JavaScript helper for publishing YouTube drafts with a demo GIF)
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| (() => { // ----------------------------------------------------------------- // CONFIG (you're safe to edit this) // ----------------------------------------------------------------- // ~ GLOBAL CONFIG // ----------------------------------------------------------------- const MODE = 'publish_drafts' // 'publish_drafts' / 'sort_playlist'; const DEBUG_MODE = true // true / false, enable for more context // ----------------------------------------------------------------- // ~ PUBLISH CONFIG // ----------------------------------------------------------------- const MADE_FOR_KIDS = false // true / false; const VISIBILITY = 'Public' // 'Public' / 'Private' / 'Unlisted' // ----------------------------------------------------------------- // ~ SORT PLAYLIST CONFIG // ----------------------------------------------------------------- const SORTING_KEY = (one, other) => { const numberRegex = /\d+/ const number = (name) => name.match(numberRegex)[0] if (number(one.name) === undefined || number(other.name) === undefined) { return one.name.localeCompare(other.name) } return number(one.name) - number(other.name) } // END OF CONFIG (not safe to edit stuff below) // ----------------------------------------------------------------- // COMMON STUFF // --------------------------------- const TIMEOUT_STEP_MS = 20 const DEFAULT_ELEMENT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000 function debugLog (...args) { if (!DEBUG_MODE) { return } console.debug(...args) } const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((resolve, _) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)) async function waitForElement (selector, baseEl, timeoutMs) { if (timeoutMs === undefined) { timeoutMs = DEFAULT_ELEMENT_TIMEOUT_MS } if (baseEl === undefined) { baseEl = document } let timeout = timeoutMs while (timeout > 0) { const element = baseEl.querySelector(selector) if (element !== null) { return element } await sleep(TIMEOUT_STEP_MS) timeout -= TIMEOUT_STEP_MS } debugLog(`could not find ${selector} inside`, baseEl) return null } function click (element) { const event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents') event.initMouseEvent('mousedown', true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null) element.dispatchEvent(event) element.click() debugLog(element, 'clicked') } // ---------------------------------- // PUBLISH STUFF // ---------------------------------- const VISIBILITY_PUBLISH_ORDER = { Private: 0, Unlisted: 1, Public: 2 } // SELECTORS // --------- const VIDEO_ROW_SELECTOR = 'ytcp-video-row' const DRAFT_MODAL_SELECTOR = '.style-scope.ytcp-uploads-dialog' const DRAFT_BUTTON_SELECTOR = '.edit-draft-button' const MADE_FOR_KIDS_SELECTOR = '#made-for-kids-group' const RADIO_BUTTON_SELECTOR = 'tp-yt-paper-radio-button' const VISIBILITY_STEPPER_SELECTOR = '#step-badge-3' const VISIBILITY_PAPER_BUTTONS_SELECTOR = 'tp-yt-paper-radio-group' const NEXT_BUTTON_SELECTOR = '#next-button' const CHECKS_STEPPER_SELECTOR = '#step-badge-2' const SAVE_BUTTON_SELECTOR = '#done-button' const SUCCESS_ELEMENT_SELECTOR = 'ytcp-video-thumbnail-with-info' const DIALOG_SELECTOR = 'ytcp-dialog.ytcp-video-share-dialog > tp-yt-paper-dialog:nth-child(1)' const DIALOG_CLOSE_BUTTON_SELECTOR = 'tp-yt-iron-icon' class SuccessDialog { constructor (raw) { this.raw = raw } async closeDialogButton () { return await waitForElement(DIALOG_CLOSE_BUTTON_SELECTOR, this.raw) } async close () { click(await this.closeDialogButton()) await sleep(50) debugLog('closed') } } class VisibilityModal { constructor (raw) { this.raw = raw } async radioButtonGroup () { return await waitForElement(VISIBILITY_PAPER_BUTTONS_SELECTOR, this.raw) } async visibilityRadioButton () { const group = await this.radioButtonGroup() const value = VISIBILITY_PUBLISH_ORDER[VISIBILITY] return [...group.querySelectorAll(RADIO_BUTTON_SELECTOR)][value] } async setVisibility () { click(await this.visibilityRadioButton()) debugLog(`visibility set to ${VISIBILITY}`) await sleep(50) } async saveButton () { return await waitForElement(SAVE_BUTTON_SELECTOR, this.raw) } async isSaved () { await waitForElement(SUCCESS_ELEMENT_SELECTOR, document) } async dialog () { return await waitForElement(DIALOG_SELECTOR) } async save () { click(await this.saveButton()) await this.isSaved() debugLog('saved') const dialogElement = await this.dialog() const success = new SuccessDialog(dialogElement) return success } } class DraftModal { constructor (raw) { this.raw = raw } async madeForKidsToggle () { return await waitForElement(MADE_FOR_KIDS_SELECTOR, this.raw) } async madeForKidsPaperButton () { const nthChild = MADE_FOR_KIDS ? 1 : 2 return await waitForElement(`${RADIO_BUTTON_SELECTOR}:nth-child(${nthChild})`, this.raw) } async selectMadeForKids () { click(await this.madeForKidsPaperButton()) await sleep(50) debugLog('"Made for kids" set as ${MADE_FOR_KIDS}') } async visibilityStepper () { return await waitForElement(VISIBILITY_STEPPER_SELECTOR, this.raw) } async clickNextButton () { const nextButton = await waitForElement(NEXT_BUTTON_SELECTOR, this.raw, 2000) if (nextButton !== null) { click(nextButton) debugLog('clicked Next button (intermediate step)') await sleep(500) return true } return false } async goToVisibility () { debugLog('going to Visibility') await sleep(50) // Try clicking the visibility stepper directly click(await this.visibilityStepper()) await sleep(200) // Check if we landed on visibility (radio group visible) const radioGroup = this.raw.querySelector(VISIBILITY_PAPER_BUTTONS_SELECTOR) if (radioGroup === null) { // Visibility stepper click did not work - likely blocked by Checks step // (e.g., copyright warning). Navigate through intermediate steps via Next. debugLog('Visibility not reached directly, clicking through intermediate steps') for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) { const landed = this.raw.querySelector(VISIBILITY_PAPER_BUTTONS_SELECTOR) if (landed !== null) break const clicked = await this.clickNextButton() if (!clicked) break } } const visibility = new VisibilityModal(this.raw) await sleep(50) await waitForElement(VISIBILITY_PAPER_BUTTONS_SELECTOR, visibility.raw) return visibility } } class VideoRow { constructor (raw) { this.raw = raw } get editDraftButton () { return waitForElement(DRAFT_BUTTON_SELECTOR, this.raw, 20) } async openDraft () { debugLog('focusing draft button') click(await this.editDraftButton) return new DraftModal(await waitForElement(DRAFT_MODAL_SELECTOR)) } } function allVideos () { return [...document.querySelectorAll(VIDEO_ROW_SELECTOR)].map((el) => new VideoRow(el)) } async function editableVideos () { let editable = [] for (const video of allVideos()) { if ((await video.editDraftButton) !== null) { editable = [...editable, video] } } return editable } async function publishDrafts () { const videos = await editableVideos() debugLog(`found ${videos.length} videos`) debugLog('starting in 1000ms') await sleep(1000) for (const video of videos) { const draft = await video.openDraft() debugLog({ draft }) await draft.selectMadeForKids() const visibility = await draft.goToVisibility() await visibility.setVisibility() const dialog = await visibility.save() await dialog.close() await sleep(100) } } // ---------------------------------- // SORTING STUFF // ---------------------------------- const SORTING_MENU_BUTTON_SELECTOR = 'button' const SORTING_ITEM_MENU_SELECTOR = 'paper-listbox#items' const SORTING_ITEM_MENU_ITEM_SELECTOR = 'ytd-menu-service-item-renderer' const MOVE_TO_TOP_INDEX = 4 const MOVE_TO_BOTTOM_INDEX = 5 class SortingDialog { constructor (raw) { this.raw = raw } async anyMenuItem () { const item = await waitForElement(SORTING_ITEM_MENU_ITEM_SELECTOR, this.raw) if (item === null) { throw new Error('could not locate any menu item') } return item } menuItems () { return [...this.raw.querySelectorAll(SORTING_ITEM_MENU_ITEM_SELECTOR)] } async moveToTop () { click(this.menuItems()[MOVE_TO_TOP_INDEX]) } async moveToBottom () { click(this.menuItems()[MOVE_TO_BOTTOM_INDEX]) } } class PlaylistVideo { constructor (raw) { this.raw = raw } get name () { return this.raw.querySelector('#video-title').textContent } async dialog () { return this.raw.querySelector(SORTING_MENU_BUTTON_SELECTOR) } async openDialog () { click(await this.dialog()) const dialog = new SortingDialog(await waitForElement(SORTING_ITEM_MENU_SELECTOR)) await dialog.anyMenuItem() return dialog } } async function playlistVideos () { return [...document.querySelectorAll('ytd-playlist-video-renderer')] .map((el) => new PlaylistVideo(el)) } async function sortPlaylist () { debugLog('sorting playlist') const videos = await playlistVideos() debugLog(`found ${videos.length} videos`) videos.sort(SORTING_KEY) const videoNames = videos.map((v) => v.name) let index = 1 for (const name of videoNames) { debugLog({ index, name }) const video = videos.find((v) => v.name === name) const dialog = await video.openDialog() await dialog.moveToBottom() await sleep(1000) index += 1 } } // ---------------------------------- // ENTRY POINT // ---------------------------------- ({ publish_drafts: publishDrafts, sort_playlist: sortPlaylist })[MODE]()})() |
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