/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole

YouTube script to add the new Ads list for Pi-hole

Primary LanguageShell

Script to add YouTube Ads DNS to Pi-hole black list

  • The script will create a file with all the youtube ads found in hostsearch and from the logs of the Pi-hole
  • it will append the list into a file called youtubeList.txt '/etc/pihole/blacklist.txt'
  • this file will be added to the pihole adlists.txt
  • The script will check all queriy logs for any Youtube ads and add it to the blacklist

it will be more effective if you add it the crontab

Steps:

1- Download the script from github using this command : 

git clone https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole.git

2- Create a scheduled task to run the script: 

sudo crontab -e

Add this line to make it runs every 4 hours

0 */4 * * * sudo /home/pi/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole/youtube.sh >/dev/null

Where the script location is /home/pi/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole/youtube.sh
more information about crontab https://crontab.guru

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