I try to automatically add some ad breaks to my own YouTube videos by executing a small script in the browser console (written in Javascript).
My approach is the following one:
const videoLengthInSeconds = 615;
const breakInterval = 15;
const desiredAmountOfBreaks = Math.round(videoLengthInSeconds / breakInterval);
const breakTimeStamps = Array(desiredAmountOfBreaks)
.fill(0)
.map((_, i) => {
return (
("0" + ~~(i / 4) + ":0" + 60 * ((i / 4) % 1)).replace(/\d(\d\d)/g, "$1") +
":00"
);
})
.slice(1);
function start() {
breakTimeStamps.forEach(() => {
document.querySelector("#add-ad-break").click();
});
doPolling();
}
let stopPolling = false;
function doPolling() {
setTimeout(function() {
if (!stopPolling) {
const allAdsInDom = document.querySelectorAll(
".ytve-ad-breaks-editor-options-panel .ad-break-row"
);
if (allAdsInDom.length === desiredAmountOfBreaks - 1) {
stopPolling = true;
fillBreaksTimeStamps();
}
doPolling();
}
}, 2000);
}
function fillBreaksTimeStamps() {
getAllAdsInDom().forEach((adsItem, i) => {
const adBreakInput = adsItem.querySelector("#content-container input");
const relatedBreakTimeStamp = breakTimeStamps[i];
adBreakInput.value = relatedBreakTimeStamp;
});
}
function getAllAdsInDom() {
const allAds = Array.from(
document.querySelectorAll(
".ytve-ad-breaks-editor-options-panel .ad-break-row"
)
);
return allAds;
}The current status is the following:
So it seems that the scripts adds the breaks and also fills out the time stamps.
The problem is: The time stamp input field is somehow not correctly “triggered”.
The ad markers are not added somehow. They are not correctly recognized as new ad breaks. See here:
Normally there should be these markers:
So no ad breaks are really added.
Therefor I tried to improve the function fillBreaksTimeStamps() a bit and tried this:
adBreakInput.focus();
adBreakInput.value = relatedBreakTimeStamp;
adBreakInput.dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
But also triggering the .focus() or dispatching the change event does not help.
Any suggestions?
What about the input event?
I am guessing if you backspace a zero and replace it after your script runs it will trigger what you want.