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Hacker News Anti-Paywall

A userscript for HackerNews that points out paywalled articles and provides anti-paywall urls.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Hacker News Anti-Paywall
  3. // @namespace    https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall
  4. // @version      0.8
  5. // @description  A userscript for HackerNews that points out paywalled articles and provides anti-paywall urls.
  6. // @author       MostlyEmre
  7. // @match        https://news.ycombinator.com/*
  8. // @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=ycombinator.com
  9. // @grant        none
  10. // @license MIT
  11. // ==/UserScript==
  12.  
  13. /* jshint esversion:6 */
  14.  
  15. (function() {
  16.     'use strict';
  17. const projects = [
  18.   {
  19.     name: "Archive.is",
  20.     url: "https://archive.is/",
  21.   },
  22.   {
  23.     name: "12ft.io",
  24.     url: "https://12ft.io/",
  25.   },
  26.   {
  27.     name: "Archive.org",
  28.     url: "https://web.archive.org/web/",
  29.   },
  30. ];
  31. const paywalls = [
  32.   "adweek.com",
  33.   "ad.nl",
  34.   "ambito.com",
  35.   "americanbanker.com",
  36.   "baltimoresun.com",
  37.   "barrons.com",
  38.   "bloomberg.com",
  39.   "bloombergquint.com",
  40.   "bndestem.nl",
  41.   "bostonglobe.com",
  42.   "bd.nl",
  43.   "brisbanetimes.com.au",
  44.   "businessinsider.com",
  45.   "caixinglobal.com",
  46.   "centralwesterndaily.com.au",
  47.   "cen.acs.org",
  48.   "chicagotribune.com",
  49.   "corriere.it",
  50.   "chicagobusiness.com",
  51.   "dailypress.com",
  52.   "gelderlander.nl",
  53.   "groene.nl",
  54.   "demorgen.be",
  55.   "denverpost.com",
  56.   "speld.nl",
  57.   "destentor.nl",
  58.   "tijd.be",
  59.   "volkskrant.nl",
  60.   "df.cl",
  61.   "editorialedomani.it",
  62.   "dynamed.com",
  63.   "ed.nl",
  64.   "elmercurio.com",
  65.   "elmundo.es",
  66.   "elpais.com",
  67.   "elperiodico.com",
  68.   "elu24.ee",
  69.   "britannica.com",
  70.   "estadao.com.br",
  71.   "examiner.com.au",
  72.   "expansion.com",
  73.   "fnlondon.com",
  74.   "financialpost.com",
  75.   "ft.com",
  76.   "firstthings.com",
  77.   "foreignpolicy.com",
  78.   "fortune.com",
  79.   "genomeweb.com",
  80.   "glassdoor.com",
  81.   "globes.co.il",
  82.   "grubstreet.com",
  83.   "haaretz.com",
  84.   "haaretz.co.il",
  85.   "harpers.org",
  86.   "courant.com",
  87.   "hbr.org",
  88.   "hbrchina.org",
  89.   "heraldsun.com.au",
  90.   "fd.nl",
  91.   "historyextra.com",
  92.   "humo.be",
  93.   "ilmanifesto.it",
  94.   "inc.com",
  95.   "interest.co.nz",
  96.   "investorschronicle.co.uk",
  97.   "lanacion.com.ar",
  98.   "repubblica.it",
  99.   "lastampa.it",
  100.   "latercera.com",
  101.   "lavoixdunord.fr",
  102.   "lecho.be",
  103.   "ledevoir.com",
  104.   "leparisien.fr",
  105.   "lesechos.fr",
  106.   "loebclassics.com",
  107.   "lrb.co.uk",
  108.   "labusinessjournal.com",
  109.   "latimes.com",
  110.   "medium.com",
  111.   "medscape.com",
  112.   "mexiconewsdaily.com",
  113.   "sloanreview.mit.edu",
  114.   "technologyreview.com",
  115.   "mv-voice.com",
  116.   "nationalgeographic.com",
  117.   "nationalpost.com",
  118.   "nzz.ch",
  119.   "newstatesman.com",
  120.   "nydailynews.com",
  121.   "nymag.com",
  122.   "nzherald.co.nz",
  123.   "nrc.nl",
  124.   "ntnews.com.au",
  125.   "ocregister.com",
  126.   "orlandosentinel.com",
  127.   "paloaltoonline.com",
  128.   "parool.nl",
  129.   "postimees.ee",
  130.   "pzc.nl",
  131.   "qz.com",
  132.   "quora.com",
  133.   "gelocal.it",
  134.   "republic.ru",
  135.   "reuters.com",
  136.   "sandiegouniontribune.com",
  137.   "sfchronicle.com",
  138.   "scientificamerican.com",
  139.   "seekingalpha.com",
  140.   "slate.com",
  141.   "sofrep.com",
  142.   "startribune.com",
  143.   "statista.com",
  144.   "stuff.co.nz",
  145.   '"sueddeutsche.de"',
  146.   "sun-sentinel.com",
  147.   "techinasia.com",
  148.   "telegraaf.nl",
  149.   "time.com",
  150.   "adelaidenow.com.au",
  151.   "theadvocate.com.au",
  152.   "theage.com.au",
  153.   "the-american-interest.com",
  154.   "theathletic.com",
  155.   "theathletic.co.uk",
  156.   "theatlantic.com",
  157.   "afr.com",
  158.   "theaustralian.com.au",
  159.   "bizjournals.com",
  160.   "canberratimes.com.au",
  161.   "thecourier.com.au",
  162.   "couriermail.com.au",
  163.   "thecut.com",
  164.   "dailytelegraph.com.au",
  165.   "thediplomat.com",
  166.   "economist.com",
  167.   "theglobeandmail.com",
  168.   "theherald.com.au",
  169.   "thehindu.com",
  170.   "irishtimes.com",
  171.   "japantimes.co.jp",
  172.   "kansascity.com",
  173.   "themarker.com",
  174.   "mercurynews.com",
  175.   "themercury.com.au",
  176.   "mcall.com",
  177.   "thenation.com",
  178.   "thenational.scot",
  179.   "news-gazette.com",
  180.   "newyorker.com",
  181.   "nytimes.com",
  182.   "theolivepress.es",
  183.   "inquirer.com",
  184.   "thesaturdaypaper.com.au",
  185.   "seattletimes.com",
  186.   "spectator.com.au",
  187.   "spectator.co.uk",
  188.   "spectator.us",
  189.   "smh.com.au",
  190.   "telegraph.co.uk",
  191.   "thestar.com",
  192.   "wsj.com",
  193.   "washingtonpost.com",
  194.   "thewrap.com",
  195.   "the-tls.co.uk",
  196.   "towardsdatascience.com",
  197.   "trouw.nl",
  198.   "tubantia.nl",
  199.   "vanityfair.com",
  200.   "vn.nl",
  201.   "vulture.com",
  202.   "journalnow.com",
  203.   "wired.com",
  204.   "zeit.de",
  205. ];
  206.  
  207. let titles = document.querySelectorAll("table tr.athing");
  208. let postTitle = document.querySelector("tbody table.fatitem tr.athing");
  209.  
  210. // The main function that updates the UI with the links.
  211. const passTheButter = (node) => {
  212.   let meta = node.nextSibling.querySelector(".subtext");
  213.   let link = node.querySelector(".titleline a").href;
  214.   let domain = node.querySelector("span.sitestr") ? node.querySelector("span.sitestr").innerText : "";
  215.   let paywall = paywalls.find((paywall) => domain.includes(paywall));
  216.  
  217.   if (paywall) {
  218.     let paywallSpan = document.createElement("span");
  219.     paywallSpan.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" | 💰"));
  220.  
  221.     projects.forEach((project) => {
  222.       const anchor = document.createElement("a");
  223.       const line = document.createElement("span");
  224.       line.textContent = " | ";
  225.       anchor.setAttribute("href", `${project.url}${link}`);
  226.       anchor.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
  227.       anchor.setAttribute("rel", "noopener noreferrer");
  228.       anchor.textContent = project.name;
  229.       paywallSpan.appendChild(line);
  230.       paywallSpan.appendChild(anchor);
  231.     });
  232.     paywallSpan.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" | "));
  233.     paywallSpan.appendChild(
  234.       Object.assign(document.createElement("a"), {
  235.         href: `https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall`,
  236.         target: "_blank",
  237.         rel: "noopener noreferrer",
  238.         textContent: "ℹ",
  239.       })
  240.     );
  241.  
  242.     meta.appendChild(paywallSpan);
  243.   }
  244. };
  245.  
  246. postTitle
  247.   ? passTheButter(postTitle)
  248.   : titles.forEach((title) => {
  249.       passTheButter(title);
  250.     });
  251.  
  252. })();