Youtube Comments JS Files

youtube-comment-collector.js

// Global constants for XPaths
const COMMON_XPATH = '/html/body/c-wiz/div/div[2]/c-wiz/c-wiz/div/div';
const END_MESSAGE_XPATH = `${COMMON_XPATH}[2]/div[1]/div`;
const COMMENT_XPATH_SUFFIX = 'div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]';
const LINK_XPATH_SUFFIX = 'div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/a';

// Array to store collected comments and links
let collectedData = [];

function autoScroll(counter) {
  window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);
  setTimeout(function() {
    counter -= 20; // Adjust to ensure no comments are skipped while scrolling
    collectComments(counter);
  }, 1000);
}

function collectComments(counter) {
  try {
    var endMessage = document.evaluate(END_MESSAGE_XPATH, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
    
    if (endMessage && endMessage.textContent.includes("Looks like you've reached the end")) {
      console.log("Collection complete");
      console.log(JSON.stringify(collectedData));
      return;
    }

    for (let i = counter; i < counter + 20; i++) {
      let commentXPath = `${COMMON_XPATH}[1]/c-wiz[${i}]/${COMMENT_XPATH_SUFFIX}`;
      let linkXPath = `${COMMON_XPATH}[1]/c-wiz[${i}]/${LINK_XPATH_SUFFIX}`;

      let commentElement = document.evaluate(commentXPath, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
      let linkElement = document.evaluate(linkXPath, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;

      if (commentElement && linkElement) {
        let comment = commentElement.textContent;
        let link = linkElement.getAttribute('href');
        collectedData.push({ comment, link });
      }
    }

    setTimeout(function() {
      collectComments(counter + 20);
    }, 2000); // Wait for two seconds before processing the next batch of comments
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('An error occurred:', e);
  }
}

collectComments(1);

youtube-comment-deleter.js

// Global constants for XPaths
const COMMON_XPATH = '/html/body/c-wiz/div/div[2]/c-wiz/c-wiz/div/div';
const END_MESSAGE_XPATH = `${COMMON_XPATH}[2]/div[1]/div`;

// Function to format the delete button XPath with the counter value
function getDeleteButtonXPath(counter) {
  return `${COMMON_XPATH}[1]/c-wiz[${counter}]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/button`;
}

function autoScroll(counter) {
  window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);
  setTimeout(function() {
    counter -= 20; // Adjust to ensure no comments are skipped while scrolling
    deleteComment(counter);
  }, 1000);
}

function deleteComment(counter) {
  try {
    var endMessage = document.evaluate(END_MESSAGE_XPATH, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
    
    if (endMessage && endMessage.textContent.includes("Looks like you've reached the end")) {
      console.log("Wait for a couple of hours until the grey notifications disappeear");
      return;
    }

    console.log('Deleting comment: ' + counter);

    var deleteButtonXPath = getDeleteButtonXPath(counter);
    var deleteButton = document.evaluate(deleteButtonXPath, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;

    if (deleteButton) {
      deleteButton.click();
      setTimeout(function() {
        deleteComment(++counter);
      }, 2000); // Wait for two seconds before deleting the next comment. Increase according to your convenience.
    } else {
      autoScroll(counter);
    }
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('An error occurred:', e);
  }
}

deleteComment(1);