Trying to create a new youtube channel using selenium, but javascript is required to be enabled

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I am trying to use selenium to create a new youtube channel. I am able to login, set a channel name, then click the create channel button; however, it says I am not able to create a channel. I have looked threw the code and it says that I need to have javascript enabled, which I have done. But it is still not working, any suggestions?

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument("--enable-javascript")
#chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="chromedriver.exe", options=chrome_options)

driver.get("https://www.youtube.com/account")

emailField = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='email']")
emailField.send_keys(email)
emailField.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

time.sleep(1)
passwordField = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='password']")
passwordField.send_keys(password)
passwordField.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

time.sleep(2)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Add or manage your channel(s)')]").click()
time.sleep(2)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@href='/create_channel?action_create_new_channel_redirect=true']").click()
time.sleep(2)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='PlusPageName']").send_keys('Test{}'.format(random.randint(1,100)))
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='submitbutton']").click()

it says I am not able to create a channel Who says what?

AMC
– AMC

2020-01-05 03:31:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 5, 2020 at 3:31 — AMC
– AMC, Commented Jan 5, 2020 at 3:31

Fritiof Rusck · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-04 23:32:25Z

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It's probably becuase of youtubes bot detection, did something simlair with instagram a while ago and had to create a script that moved the mouse to some exact coordinates.

answered Jan 4, 2020 at 23:32

Fritiof Rusck

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Maxwell Tan Over a year ago

No it's because I haven't enabled javascript correctly.

Fritiof Rusck Over a year ago

options.add_argument("javascript.enabled", True) Source

AMC Over a year ago

@MaxwellTan What do you mean by That doesn't work, exactly?

Corey Goldberg Over a year ago

javascript is enabled by default

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