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YouTube.com - channel name and upload date in tab title, no notification count

The interaction reminder (notification count) is annoying and serves no purpose. I know there are notifications. There are always notifications. Also, to be useful, add the channel name at the start of the tab title and upload date at the end. 9/4/2022, 10:40:56 AM

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name        YouTube.com - channel name and upload date in tab title, no notification count
  3. // @namespace   Violentmonkey Scripts
  4. // @match       https://www.youtube.com/watch
  5. // @grant       none
  6. // @version     1.0
  7. // @author      -
  8. // @description The interaction reminder (notification count) is annoying and serves no purpose. I know there are notifications. There are always notifications. Also, to be useful, add the channel name at the start of the tab title and upload date at the end. 9/4/2022, 10:40:56 AM
  9. // ==/UserScript==
  10.  
  11.  
  12. const prepareTitle = function (originalTitle, channelPrefix, dateSuffix) {
  13.   return channelPrefix + originalTitle + dateSuffix;
  14. }
  15.  
  16. const getDateSuffix = function () {
  17.   var dateSuffix = "";
  18.   const dateElement = document.querySelector("div#info-strings yt-formatted-string.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer");
  19.   if(dateElement !== null) {
  20.     const date = dateElement.innerText.trim();
  21.     var htmlElement = document.querySelector("html");
  22.     if((htmlElement !== null) && (htmlElement.attributes.hasOwnProperty("lang"))) {
  23.       if(htmlElement.attributes["lang"].value == "en-GB") {
  24.         const dateParts = date.split(" ");
  25.         if(dateParts.length == 3) {
  26.           const day = dateParts[0];
  27.           const monthText = dateParts[1];
  28.           const year = dateParts[2];
  29.           var month = null;
  30.           switch (monthText) {
  31.             case "Jan":
  32.               month = 1; break;
  33.             case "Feb":
  34.               month = 2; break;
  35.             case "Mar":
  36.               month = 3; break;
  37.             case "Apr":
  38.               month = 4; break;
  39.             case "May":
  40.               month = 5; break;
  41.             case "Jun":
  42.               month = 6; break;
  43.             case "Jul":
  44.               month = 7; break;
  45.             case "Aug":
  46.               month = 8; break;
  47.             case "Sept":
  48.               month = 9; break; // seriously, fuck YouTube for doing "Sept" and not "Sep"
  49.             case "Oct":
  50.               month = 10; break;
  51.             case "Nov":
  52.               month = 11; break;
  53.             case "Dec":
  54.               month = 12; break;
  55.             default:
  56.               month = null;
  57.           }
  58.           if (month !== null) {
  59.             dateSuffix = " - " + year + "-" + month.toString().padStart(2, "0") + "-" + day.padStart(2, "0");
  60.           }
  61.         }
  62.       }
  63.     }
  64.   } // end if(dateElement !== null)
  65.   return dateSuffix;
  66. }
  67.  
  68. setInterval(function() {
  69.   const originalTitle = window.title.toString().trim();
  70.   const channelNameElement = document.querySelector("ytd-channel-name#channel-name.style-scope.ytd-video-owner-renderer div#container.style-scope.ytd-channel-name div#text-container.style-scope.ytd-channel-name yt-formatted-string#text.style-scope.ytd-channel-name a.yt-simple-endpoint.style-scope.yt-formatted-string");
  71.   var channelPrefix = ""; // if there's no channel name currently available, don't prefix with anything
  72.   if((channelNameElement !== null) && (channelNameElement.innerText.trim() != "")) {
  73.     var channelPrefix = channelNameElement.innerText.trim() + ": ";
  74.   }
  75.   var titleElement = document.querySelector("title");
  76.   const objectDebugString =  "[object"; // sometimes, window.title will be [object HTMLElementDiv] for some idiotic reason, and that will be the stringified version of it! Fucking hell!
  77.   if((titleElement !== null) && (! originalTitle.startsWith(objectDebugString))) {
  78.     var currentTitle = titleElement.innerText;
  79.     const dateSuffix = getDateSuffix();
  80.     
  81.     var newTitle = prepareTitle(originalTitle, channelPrefix, dateSuffix);
  82.     if (currentTitle != newTitle) {
  83.       titleElement.innerText = newTitle;
  84.     }    
  85.   }
  86. }, 500)