Skip 5 Seconds

Hello world, this is my first proper Google Chrome extension!

It injects a Skip 5s Ads button just below the video's title that, when clicked on, will skip the currently playing 5 second ad. Unfortunately it doesn't work with. unskippable ads.

Tech

I made the extension using TypeScript (obviously) and the building process involves webpack and ts-loader.

The extension is comprised of:

• A content script (content.js), which is injected in every YouTube page and listens for YouTube's client-side navigation events in order to add the Skip 5s Ads button to the /watch page;
• A browser action that basically just mimics the functioning of the Skip 5s Ads button, but is located in the extension toolbar. Support

The extension is free and open-source.

If you want to contribute please fork the repository and open a pull request

If you want to support me you can do so on ko-fi. No need to, but appreciated.

What does it do?

The extension injects a button under the video player that when pressed will skip the currently playing 5 second ad

Usage

• In the project directory

  • Install dependencies

    $ npm install

• Build the extension

  $ npm run build

this will create a dist directory in the same folder

• Go to Manage Extenstions on Chrome and press the Load Unpacked button

• Select the dist directory that was generated when building the extension