How to click the 'skip ads' button in youtube using selenium in python 3

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I'm trying to create a Python3 script using selenium that opens a youtube video, then skips the add. I tried using this:

self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="skip-button:8"]/span/button')\
            .click()

But it would just pause the video, because I think the mouse needs to be hovering the button before clicking it. Here is the class that will do this:

class MusicPlayer():
    def __init__(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Safari()
        self.driver.get("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suia_i5dEZc")
        sleep(10)
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="skip-button:8"]/span/button')\
            .click()
        sleep(260)

Does this answer your question? How to click on skip button of youtube in selenium — user13776247
– user13776247, Commented Jul 5, 2020 at 19:07

Cresht · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-05 19:08:33Z

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button = driver.find_element_by_class_name('ytp-ad-skip-button-container')
button.click()

Is the way I figured to do it.

answered Jul 5, 2020 at 19:08

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Abdul Qadir Memon · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-23 21:52:38Z

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you will have to use WebDriverWait to wait for the element until it is clickable

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suia_i5dEZc")


wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20*60)
element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='skip-button:6']/span/button")))

element.click()

answered Sep 23, 2020 at 21:52

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WinEunuuchs2Unix Over a year ago

from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

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