elebetsamer · March 31, 2018 05:38 · Mar 31, 2018 · Mar 31, 2018 · Mar 31, 2018 · Mar 31, 2018
diff --git a/yahoo-block-news.user.js b/yahoo-block-news.user.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // @grant none
 // ==/UserScript==
 
-// For a screen shot with some notes, view here: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/75610/38160011-56f5c556-346a-11e8-84d1-e451ec3fb234.png
+// For a screen shot with some notes, view here: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/75610/38160042-eb867558-346a-11e8-8729-d36bcdb784f7.png
 
 // How often do you want to remove blocked articles
 var intervalSeconds = 5;

diff --git a/yahoo-block-news.user.js b/yahoo-block-news.user.js
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 // ==UserScript==
 // @name        Remove yahoo.com news articles
 // @namespace   https://github.com/elebetsamer
-// @version     0.2
+// @version     0.3
 // @description Remove unwanted news articles from the yahoo.com home page. You can set categories to block or sources.
 // @author      elebetsamer
 // @match http*://*.yahoo.com
 // @icon https://mbp.yimg.com/sy/rz/l/favicon.ico
 // @grant none
 // ==/UserScript==
 
+// For a screen shot with some notes, view here: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/75610/38160011-56f5c556-346a-11e8-84d1-e451ec3fb234.png
+
 // How often do you want to remove blocked articles
 var intervalSeconds = 5;
 
 // List the categories you want blocked
 // example: ['Celebrity', 'Lifestyle', 'Style']
+// example (if you don't want to block any categories): []
 var blockedCategories = ['Celebrity', 'Lifestyle', 'Style'];
 
 // List the news sources you want blocked
 // example: ['Yahoo Lifestyle', 'Esquire']
+// example (if you don't want to block any article sources): []
 var blockedSources = ['Yahoo Lifestyle', 'Esquire'];
 
 var styleRules = [];

diff --git a/yahoo-block-news.user.js b/yahoo-block-news.user.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // ==UserScript==
 // @name        Remove yahoo.com news articles
 // @namespace   https://github.com/elebetsamer
-// @version     0.1
+// @version     0.2
 // @description Remove unwanted news articles from the yahoo.com home page. You can set categories to block or sources.
 // @author      elebetsamer
-// @include http*://*.yahoo.com
+// @match http*://*.yahoo.com
 // @icon https://mbp.yimg.com/sy/rz/l/favicon.ico
 // @grant none
 // ==/UserScript==
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var styleRules = [];
 styleRules.push('li.js-stream-ad {display: none;}');
 
 applyStyles();
-setInterval(removeNews, (intervalSeconds * 1000));
+removeNews();
 
 function applyStyles() {
     if (!document.getElementById('custom-yahoo-styles')) {
@@ -71,4 +71,6 @@ function removeNews() {
             }
         }
     });
+
+    setTimeout(removeNews, (intervalSeconds * 1000));
 }
diff --git a/yahoo-block-news.user.js b/yahoo-block-news.user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// ==UserScript==
+// @name        Remove yahoo.com news articles
+// @namespace   https://github.com/elebetsamer
+// @version     0.1
+// @description Remove unwanted news articles from the yahoo.com home page. You can set categories to block or sources.
+// @author      elebetsamer
+// @include http*://*.yahoo.com
+// @icon https://mbp.yimg.com/sy/rz/l/favicon.ico
+// @grant none
+// ==/UserScript==
+
+// How often do you want to remove blocked articles
+var intervalSeconds = 5;
+
+// List the categories you want blocked
+// example: ['Celebrity', 'Lifestyle', 'Style']
+var blockedCategories = ['Celebrity', 'Lifestyle', 'Style'];
+
+// List the news sources you want blocked
+// example: ['Yahoo Lifestyle', 'Esquire']
+var blockedSources = ['Yahoo Lifestyle', 'Esquire'];
+
+var styleRules = [];
+
+// Hide the "Sponsored" news
+styleRules.push('li.js-stream-ad {display: none;}');
+
+applyStyles();
+setInterval(removeNews, (intervalSeconds * 1000));
+
+function applyStyles() {
+    if (!document.getElementById('custom-yahoo-styles')) {
+        // An element where we can put in custom styles
+        const styles = document.createElement('style');
+
+        styles.id = 'custom-yahoo-styles';
+
+        // Set the content for our style element
+        styles.textContent = styleRules.join();
+
+        // Add the style element to the page
+        document.body.append(styles);
+
+        console.info('The custom styles were added to the page.');
+    }
+}
+
+function removeNews() {
+    const items = document.querySelectorAll('.js-applet-view-container-main .js-stream-content');
+
+    console.info('Running removeNews function');
+
+    items.forEach(element => {
+        const headlineCategoryElement = element.querySelector('.strm-headline-label span, .js-content-label span');
+        const headlineSourceElement = element.querySelector('.strm-headline-label span + span, .js-content-label span + span');
+        const headlineTitleElement = element.querySelector('.js-stream-item-title span');
+
+        if (headlineCategoryElement && headlineSourceElement && headlineTitleElement) {
+            const articleCategory = headlineCategoryElement.textContent.trim();
+            const articleSource = headlineSourceElement.textContent.trim();
+            const articleTitle = headlineTitleElement.textContent.trim();
+            const isBlockedCategory = blockedCategories.indexOf(articleCategory) != -1;
+            const isBlockedSource = blockedSources.indexOf(articleSource) != -1;
+
+            if (isBlockedCategory) {
+                element.remove();
+                console.info(`Removed a news item because it matched a blocked category. Category: "${articleCategory}"; Article: "${articleTitle}"`);
+            } else if (isBlockedSource) {
+                element.remove();
+                console.info(`Removed a news item because it matched a blocked source. Source: "${articleSource}"; Article: "${articleTitle}"`);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
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