Mark ALL episodes as Played in Overcast Web UI

mark-all-as-played.js

/**
 * Mark ALL episodes as Played in Overcast Web UI
 * Requires https://github.com/stevegrunwell/overcast-mark-as-played
 * 
 * This snippet is run in the JavaScript console on the Episodes list of a Podcast;
 * it will read and click every Marked as Played button on every episode making
 * a brief pause between clicks to avoid overloading the API server.
 */
console.log('Getting initial button count');
let count = document.querySelectorAll('.overcast-mark-as-played-btn').length;
let run = count > 0;

console.log('Starting first iteration');
clickMarkAsPlayedButton();

function clickMarkAsPlayedButton() {
  console.log('Clicking first button found in DOM');
  document.querySelector('.overcast-mark-as-played-btn').dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'));
  
  console.log('Waiting for DOM to change');
  setTimeout(() => {

    console.log('Getting new button count');
    let newCount = document.querySelectorAll('.overcast-mark-as-played-btn').length;

    if (newCount === count) {
      throw new Error('Counts did not change after clicking the button');
    } else {
      count = newCount;
      run = count > 0;

      console.log(`Button count updated (${count}), starting new iteration`);
      clickMarkAsPlayedButton();
    }
  }, 1500);
}