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Reddit: Direct Links

Removes redirect on outbound links.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Reddit: Direct Links
  3. // @namespace    https://reddit.com/
  4. // @description  Removes redirect on outbound links.
  5. // @version      7
  6. // @match        *://*.reddit.com/*
  7. // @grant        none
  8. // ==/UserScript==
  9.  
  10.  
  11. // March 16: 2016: (Source Code) https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/4aqdg0/reddit_started_tracking_the_links_we_click_heres/
  12. // July 6, 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4rl5to/outbound_clicks_rollout_complete/
  13. // July 7: 2016: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4rpkt8/reddit_now_tracks_all_outbound_link_clicks_by/
  14.  
  15. // Note that the second version of the origional script doesn't work, as it will send you to https://www.reddit.com/undefined since the javascript event listeners are still attached.
  16. // We fix this by replacing the link with a new element.
  17.  
  18. var el = function(html) {
  19.     var e = document.createElement('div');
  20.     e.innerHTML = html;
  21.     return e.removeChild(e.firstChild);
  22. };
  23.  
  24. var copyAttr= function(a, b, attr) {
  25.     var val = a.getAttribute(attr);
  26.     if (val) {
  27.         b.setAttribute(attr, val);
  28.     }
  29. }
  30.  
  31. function main() {
  32.     for(var a of document.getElementsByTagName('a')) {
  33.         if (a.hasAttribute('data-href-url')) {
  34.             var actualFuckingUrl = a.getAttribute('data-href-url');
  35.             //a.setAttribute('href', actualFuckingUrl);
  36.             //a.removeAttribute('data-href-url');
  37.             //a.removeAttribute('data-outbound-url');
  38.             //a.removeAttribute('data-outbound-expiration');
  39.             a.classList.remove('outbound');
  40.  
  41.             var b = el('<a />');
  42.             b.href = actualFuckingUrl;
  43.             b.classList = a.classList;
  44.             copyAttr(a, b, 'title');
  45.             copyAttr(a, b, 'tabindex');
  46.             b.innerHTML = a.innerHTML;
  47.             b.setAttribute('rel', 'noreferrer');
  48.  
  49.             a.parentNode.insertBefore(b, a);
  50.             a.remove();
  51.         }
  52.     }
  53. }
  54.  
  55. main();
  56. setInterval(main, 3000);