ad_clicker

This command-line tool clicks ads for a certain query on Google search using undetected_chromedriver package.

Old version of the tool can be found in the old_version branch.

• Supports Python 3.9+
• Requires Chrome 108+

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How to setup

Run the following commands in project directory to install required packages.

• python -m venv env
• source env/bin/activate or .\env\Scripts\activate (for Windows)
• python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

How to run

usage: python ad_clicker.py [-h] [-q QUERY] [-t AD_VISIT_TIME] [--headless] [-p PROXY] [-pf PROXY_FILE] [--auth]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                                       show this help message and exit
  -q QUERY, --query QUERY                                          Search query
  -t AD_VISIT_TIME, --visittime AD_VISIT_TIME                      Number of seconds to wait on the ad page opened
  --headless                                                       Use headless browser
  -p PROXY, --proxy PROXY                                          Use the given proxy in ip:port format
  -pf PROXY_FILE, --proxy_file PROXY_FILE                          Select a proxy from the given file
  --auth                                                           Use proxy with username and password. If this is passed,
                                                                   proxy parameter should be in "username:password@host:port" format
  -qf QUERY_FILE, --query_file QUERY_FILE                          Read queries to search from the given file (valid for multiprocess run)
  -bc BROWSER_COUNT, --browser_count BROWSER_COUNT                 Maximum number of browsers to run concurrently (valid for multiprocess run)
  -ms MULTIPROCESS_STYLE, --multiprocess_style MULTIPROCESS_STYLE  Style of the multiprocess run. (valid for multiprocess run)
                                                                   1: single browser instance for each query (default)
                                                                   2: multiple browser instances for each query

python ad_clicker.py -q <search query> [-t ad_visit_time_in_seconds] [--headless] [-p PROXY] [-pf PROXY_FILE] [--auth]

Examples

• Search for "wireless keyboard" with the default 4 seconds visit time on clicked ad pages.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard"

• Search for "wireless keyboard" with 5 seconds visit time on clicked ad pages.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard" -t 5

• Search for "wireless keyboard" using headless browser.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard" --headless

• Search for "wireless keyboard" using the given proxy without authentication.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard" -p host:port

• Search for "wireless keyboard" using the given proxy with authentication.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard" --auth -p username:password@host:port

• Search for "wireless keyboard" using a proxy from the given file.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard" -pf ~/proxies.txt

• Search for "wireless speaker" and click links that include the given filter words in url or title.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless speaker@amazon#ebay # mediamarkt"

  • Spaces around "@" and "#" are ignored, so both "wireless speaker@amazon#ebay" and "wireless speaker @ amazon # ebay" take "wireless speaker" as search query and "amazon" and "ebay" as filter words.

• Run multiple browsers by taking queries and proxies with authentication from the given files.

  • python run_ad_clicker.py -qf ~/queries.txt --auth -pf ~/proxies.txt

• Run multiple browsers by taking queries and proxies without authentication from the given files with 10 browsers.

  • python run_ad_clicker.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt -bc 10

  • If -bc(--browser_count) option is not given, the number of cpu cores is used.

• Run multiple browsers by taking queries and proxies from the given files using alternative multiprocess style.

  • python run_ad_clicker.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt -ms 2

  • 1: each browser instance gets a different query from file (default) (e.g. 5 browsers search the first 5 queries from the file. After they are completed, second group of 5 browsers search the next 5 queries from the file and so on)

  • 2: multiple browser instances get the same query (e.g. 5 browsers search the first query from file. After they are completed, second group of 5 browsers search the second query and so on)

  • If the number of queries or proxies are less than the number of browsers to run, they are cycled.

• Run shell script to run the tool in loop.

  • ./run_in_loop.sh

  • Loop script requires proxies.txt and queries.txt files under home folder.

  • Proxies should be in username:password@host:port format.

  • Default wait time between runs is 60 seconds.

• Run shell script to run the tool in loop with given number of browser instances.

  • ./run_in_loop.sh 4

• Run shell script to run the tool in loop with given number of browser instances and 2 minutes wait between runs.

  • ./run_in_loop.sh 4 120

  • Wait time parameter should be in seconds.

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