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The Washington Post - Paywall Bypass

Simple script to bypass paywalls on The Washington Post

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         The Washington Post - Paywall Bypass
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @version      1.1
  5. // @description  Simple script to bypass paywalls on The Washington Post
  6. // @author       November2246
  7. // @match        https://*.washingtonpost.com/*
  8. // @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=washingtonpost.com
  9. // @grant        none
  10. // @run-at       document-start
  11. // @license      ISC
  12. // ==/UserScript==
  13.  
  14. // Hooks responses from */tetro/metering/evaluate ;)
  15. const _parse = JSON.parse;
  16. JSON.parse = function parse() {
  17.     let obj = _parse.apply(this, arguments);
  18.  
  19.     if (propCheck(obj, ['status', 'action', 'data', 'granted'])) {
  20.         obj.granted = true;
  21.         obj.data.userAttributes.isSubscriber = true;
  22.         obj.data.userAttributes.isAsub = true;
  23.         obj.data.userAttributes.isSignedOutSubscriber = true;
  24.         obj.data.userAttributes.isRestricted = false;
  25.         obj.data.userAttributes.paymentMethod = 'PAYPAL';
  26.  
  27.         obj.data.targetingAttributes.requiresInlineRegwall = false;
  28.         if (Array.isArray(obj.data.targetingAttributes.targetCodes)) {
  29.             obj.data.targetingAttributes.targetCodes = obj.data.targetingAttributes.targetCodes.filter(x => !String(x).includes('pay'));
  30.         }
  31.  
  32.         obj.data.token.isAppSubscriber = true;
  33.         obj.data.action = -1;
  34.         obj.action = -1;
  35.     }
  36.  
  37.     return obj;
  38. };
  39.  
  40. function propCheck(obj, propertiesArr) {
  41.     const props = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj);
  42.     return (props.length === propertiesArr.length) && propertiesArr.every(x => props.includes(x));
  43. }