This command-line tool clicks ads for a certain query on Google search using undetected_chromedriver package. Supports proxy, running multiple simultaneous browsers, ad targeting/exclusion, and running in loop.

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

• Requires Python 3.9+
• Requires Chrome latest version

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

• python -m venv env
• source env/bin/activate
• python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

See here for setup on Windows.

See here for creating the Docker image manually.

• You need to see (env) at the beginning of your command prompt that is showing virtual environment is activated.

• Before running the below commands for the first time, run python ad_clicker.py -q test once and end it by pressing CTRL+C after seeing the browser opened.

usage: python ad_clicker.py [-h] [-q QUERY] [-e EXCLUDES] [-l MAX_SCROLL_LIMIT] [--headless] [-p PROXY] [-pf PROXY_FILE] [--auth] [--incognito]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                                       show this help message and exit
  -q QUERY, --query QUERY                                          Search query
  -l MAX_SCROLL_LIMIT, --max_scroll_limit MAX_SCROLL_LIMIT         Number of maximum scrolls on the search results page
  --headless                                                       Use headless browser (not recommended)
  -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
  -e EXCLUDES, --excludes EXCLUDES                                 Exclude the ads that contain given words in url or title
  --incognito                                                      Run in incognito mode. Disables proxy usage.
  -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: different query on each browser (default)
                                                                   2: same query on each browser

python ad_clicker.py -q <search query> [-e EXCLUDES] [-l MAX_SCROLL_LIMIT] [--headless] [-p PROXY] [-pf PROXY_FILE] [--auth] [--incognito]

"~/" represents home folder on Linux/Mac. If you use Windows, don't use it.
If you put your files into project directory, you can just specify the file name,
otherwise you should give the full path.

• 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 maximum scroll set to 5.

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

  • By default(0), it will scroll until the end.

• 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.

  • If you will give a target domain as filter word, don't use "http" or "www" parts in it. Use like "[email protected]" or even "query@domainname". Keep it as short as possible to get a match.

• Search for "wireless speaker" and click links except the ones containing the given words in url or title.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless speaker" -e "amazon.com,mediamarkt.com,for 2022,Soundbar"

  • Separate multiple exclude items with comma.

• Run browser in incognito mode.

  • python ad_clicker.py -q "wireless speaker" --incognito

  • Note that the proxy extension is not enabled in incognito mode.

• 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

  • You can see example queries in sample_queries.txt file.

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

  • python run_ad_clicker.py -qf ~/queries.txt --auth -pf ~/proxies.txt -e "amazon.com,mediamarkt.com,for 2022"

• Run multiple browsers by taking queries and proxies without authentication from the given files with 5 browsers.

  • python run_ad_clicker.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt -bc 5

  • 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 the tool in loop.

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

  • Query and proxy files are required for this command.

  • Default wait time between runs is 60 seconds.

• Run the tool in loop with given number of browser instances.

  • python run_in_loop.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt --auth -bc 4

• Run the tool in loop with given number of browser instances and maximum scroll set to 10.

  • python run_in_loop.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt --auth -bc 4 -l 10

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

  • python run_in_loop.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt --auth -bc 2 -wt 120

  • Wait time parameter should be in seconds.

• Run the tool in loop with given number of browser instances and pass exclude words.

  • python run_in_loop.py -qf ~/queries.txt -pf ~/proxies.txt --auth -bc 2 -e "amazon.com,mediamarkt.com,for 2022"

• Run the tool in loop using alternative multiprocess style.

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

• If you want to use the prebuilt image from DockerHub, you can use the following command.

  • docker pull codenineeight/ad_clicker_docker

• Run the following command on your host machine once.

  • xhost local:docker

• Create a volume for the input files

  • docker volume create ad_clicker_files

• Add your queries and proxies files to the created volume

  • docker run -v ad_clicker_files:/data -v <queries.txt folder path>:/mnt/host alpine cp /mnt/host/queries.txt /data/

  • docker run -v ad_clicker_files:/data -v <proxies.txt folder path>:/mnt/host alpine cp /mnt/host/proxies.txt /data/

  • Check if the files are copied successfully

    docker run --rm -v ad_clicker_files:/data alpine ls -l /data

    -rw-r--r--    1 root     root           165 Apr  1 09:25 proxies.txt
    -rw-r--r--    1 root     root           216 Apr  1 09:25 queries.txt

• You can pass the arguments as before after the image name(in this case codenineeight/ad_clicker_docker)

  • docker run --rm -it --net=host -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -v ad_clicker_files:/data codenineeight/ad_clicker_docker run_ad_clicker.py -qf /data/queries.txt --auth -pf /data/proxies.txt -bc 2

  • docker run --rm -it --net=host -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY codenineeight/ad_clicker_docker ad_clicker.py -q "wireless keyboard" -p username:password@host:port --auth

https://coskundeniz.github.io/ad_clicker

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