Fixed excessive blank lines during scanning

This should fix all the extra blank lines that appear between videos when there are multiple being scanned.

Scripts/community_downloader.py

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def main(communityPostID=None, limit=1000, sort=SORT_BY_RECENT, language=None, p
     if postScanProgressDict:
         i = postScanProgressDict['scanned']
         j = postScanProgressDict['total']
-        print(f'\n\n [{i}/{j}] Post ID: {communityPostID}')
+        print(f'[{i}/{j}] Post ID: {communityPostID}')
     else:
         print(f'\n Loading Comments For Post: {communityPostID}')
 

Scripts/operations.py

@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ def get_comments(current, filtersDict, miscData, config, allVideoCommentsDict, s
     if filtersDict['filterMode'].lower() in dupeCheckModes:
       print(" Analyzing For Duplicates                                                                                        ", end="\r")
       check_duplicates(current, config, miscData, allVideoCommentsDict, scanVideoID)
-      print("                                                                                                                       ")
+      print("                                                                                                                       ", end="\r")
     repostCheckModes = utils.string_to_list(config['stolen_comments_check_modes'])
     if filtersDict['filterMode'].lower() in repostCheckModes:
       print(" Analyzing For Reposts                                                                                           ", end="\r")
       check_reposts(current, config, miscData, allVideoCommentsDict, scanVideoID)
-      print("                                                                                                                       ")
+      print("                                                                                                                       ", end="\r")
 
   current.allScannedCommentsDict.update(allVideoCommentsDict)
   return RetrievedNextPageToken, allVideoCommentsDict
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ def check_duplicates(current, config, miscData, allVideoCommentsDict, videoID):
       scannedCount +=1
       print(f" Analyzing For Duplicates: [ {scannedCount/authorCount*100:.2f}% ]   (Can be Disabled & Customized With Config File)".ljust(75, " "), end="\r")
 
-  print("".ljust(110, " ")) # Erase line
+  print("".ljust(110, " "), end='\r') # Erase line
 
 
 ############################# Check Text Reposts #####################################
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ def print_count_stats(current, miscData, videosToScan, final):
   matchCount = str(len(current.matchedCommentsDict) + len(current.spamThreadsDict))
 
   if final == True:
-    print(f" {progress} Comments Scanned: {F.YELLOW}{comScanned}{S.R} | Replies Scanned: {F.YELLOW}{repScanned}{S.R} | Matches Found So Far: {F.LIGHTRED_EX}{matchCount}{S.R}\n")
+    print(f" {progress} Comments Scanned: {F.YELLOW}{comScanned}{S.R} | Replies Scanned: {F.YELLOW}{repScanned}{S.R} | Matches Found So Far: {F.LIGHTRED_EX}{matchCount}{S.R}", end = "\r")
   else:
     print(f" {progress} Comments Scanned: {F.YELLOW}{comScanned}{S.R} | Replies Scanned: {F.YELLOW}{repScanned}{S.R} | Matches Found So Far: {F.LIGHTRED_EX}{matchCount}{S.R}", end = "\r")
   

Scripts/utils.py

@@ -88,7 +88,16 @@ def check_list_against_string(listInput, stringInput, caseSensitive=False):
     return True
   else:
     return False
-
+  
+######################### Clear multiple previous lines #########################
+def clear_lines(up, down=0):
+    LINE_UP = '\033[1A'
+    LINE_CLEAR = '\x1b[2K'
+    print(LINE_CLEAR, end="")
+    for i in range(up):
+        print(LINE_UP, end=LINE_CLEAR)
+    if down > 0:
+        print("\n"*down, end="\r")
 
 ################### Process Comma-Separated String to List ####################
 # Take in string, split by commas, remove whitespace and empty items, and return list

YTSpammerPurge.py

@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ def main():
         authorKeyAllCommentsDict = {}
         allCommunityCommentsDict = get_community_comments(communityPostID=communityPostID, limit=limit, postScanProgressDict=postScanProgressDict, postText=postText)
         retrievedCount = len(allCommunityCommentsDict)
-        print(f"\nRetrieved {retrievedCount} comments from post.\n")
+        print(f"Retrieved {retrievedCount} comments from post.")
         scannedCount = 0
         threadDict = {}
 
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ def main():
           percent = ((scannedCount / retrievedCount) * 100)
           progressStats = f"[ {str(scannedCount)} / {str(retrievedCount)} ]".ljust(15, " ") + f" ({percent:.2f}%)"
           print(f'  {progressStats}  -  Analyzing Comments For Spam ', end='\r')
-        print("                                                                                        ")
+        print("                                                                                        ", end='\r')
 
         dupeCheckModes = utils.string_to_list(config['duplicate_check_modes'])
         if filtersDict['filterMode'].lower() in dupeCheckModes:
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ def main():
         # repostCheckModes = utils.string_to_list(config['stolen_comments_check_modes'])
         # if filtersDict['filterMode'].lower() in repostCheckModes:
         #   operations.check_reposts(current, config, miscData, allCommunityCommentsDict, communityPostID)
-          print("                                                                                                                       ")
+          print("                                                                                                                       ", end='\r')
 
       if scanMode == "communityPost":
         scan_community_post(current, config, communityPostID, maxScanNumber)
@@ -1213,16 +1213,10 @@ def main():
       # Goes to get comments for first page
       print("\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
       print("(Note: If the program appears to freeze, try right clicking within the window)\n")
-      print("                          --- Scanning --- \n")
+      print("                          --- Scanning --- \n\n")
 
       # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       def scan_video(miscData, config, filtersDict, scanVideoID, videosToScan=None, currentVideoDict=None, videoTitle=None, showTitle=False, i=1):
-        if currentVideoDict is None:
-          currentVideoDict = {}
-        nextPageToken, currentVideoDict = operations.get_comments(current, filtersDict, miscData, config, currentVideoDict, scanVideoID, videosToScan=videosToScan)
-        if nextPageToken == "Error":
-            return "Error"
-
         if showTitle == True and len(videosToScan) > 0:
           # Prints video title, progress count, adds enough spaces to cover up previous stat print line
           offset = 95 - len(videoTitle)
@@ -1230,7 +1224,14 @@ def main():
             spacesStr = " " * offset
           else:
             spacesStr = ""
+          utils.clear_lines(up=1, down=0)
           print(f"Scanning {i}/{len(videosToScan)}: " + videoTitle + spacesStr + "\n")
+          
+        if currentVideoDict is None:
+          currentVideoDict = {}
+        nextPageToken, currentVideoDict = operations.get_comments(current, filtersDict, miscData, config, currentVideoDict, scanVideoID, videosToScan=videosToScan)
+        if nextPageToken == "Error":
+            return "Error"
 
         operations.print_count_stats(current, miscData, videosToScan, final=False)  # Prints comment scan stats, updates on same line
         # After getting first page, if there are more pages, goes to get comments for next page