YouTube Location

Automatically changes location to preferred country.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        YouTube Location
// @namespace   https://github.com/joshcangit
// @description Automatically changes location to preferred country.
// @author      joshcangit
// @homepageURL https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/424522-youtube-location
// @version     1.7
// @include     *://youtube.com/*
// @include     *://*.youtube.com/*
// @exclude     *://youtube.com/embed/*
// @exclude     *://*.youtube.com/embed/*
// ==/UserScript==

const Cookie = function(cookieName, cookieDomain) {
    this.name = cookieName,
    this.domain = cookieDomain,
    this.read = function() {
        let data = document.cookie.match('(^|[^;]+)\\s*' + this.name + '\\s*=\\s*([^;]+)');
        return data ? data.pop() : null;
    }, // https://stackoverflow.com/a/25490531
    this.remove = function() {
        while (document.cookie.includes(this.name)) {
            document.cookie = encodeURIComponent(this.name) + "=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT" + (this.domain ? "; domain=" + this.domain : "");
        }
    }, // https://stackoverflow.com/a/30387077
    this.edit = function(param, value) {
        let array = this.read().split('&');
        let fullstr = param+value;
        let index = array.findIndex(element => element.includes(param)); // https://stackoverflow.com/a/52124191
        if (index === -1) {
            array.push(fullstr);
        } else if (array[index] !== fullstr) {
            array[index] = fullstr;
        } else fullstr = null;
        this.string = array.join('&');
        return fullstr ? this : null;
    },
    this.update = function(input) {
        let string = this.string ? this.string : input;
        while (string) {
            document.cookie = encodeURIComponent(this.name) + '=' + string + (this.domain ? "; domain=" + this.domain : "");
            location.reload();
            string = null;
        }
    }
}

let regex = /[?&]gl=\w+(&tab=\w+)*/;
if (window.location.href.match(regex)) {
    let url = window.location.href.replace(regex, '');
    if (url) window.location.replace(url);
}

let cname = new Cookie('s_gl', '.youtube.com');
cname.remove(); // delete cookie
cname = null;

let cpref = new Cookie('PREF', '.youtube.com'); // cookie storing preferences
cpref.edit('gl=', 'US').update(); // overwrite cookie with country code
cpref = null;