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YouTube Jump to Channel Videos

Redirect links in the subscription list to videos tab instead of the home tab (only works for open in new tab/window)

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         YouTube Jump to Channel Videos
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @version      0.6
  5. // @description  Redirect links in the subscription list to videos tab instead of the home tab (only works for open in new tab/window)
  6. // @author       Nathaniel Wu
  7. // @include      *www.youtube.com/*
  8. // @license      Apache-2.0
  9. // @supportURL   https://gist.github.com/Nathaniel-Wu/b9cbdc29b2b33c7d49993ef70d7993d7
  10. // @grant        none
  11. // ==/UserScript==
  12.  
  13. (function () {
  14.     'use strict';
  15.  
  16.     function redirect_channel_links(subscriptions) {
  17.         subscriptions.querySelectorAll('ytd-guide-entry-renderer').forEach(channel => {
  18.             let link = channel.querySelector('a');
  19.             if (link.hasAttribute('href') && !/\/videos\/?$/g.test(link.href))
  20.                 link.href += "/videos";
  21.         });
  22.     }
  23.     const in_iframe = () => {
  24.         try {
  25.             return window.self !== window.top;
  26.         } catch (e) {
  27.             return true;
  28.         }
  29.     }
  30.     const repeat_until_successful = (function_ptr, interval) => {
  31.         if (!function_ptr())
  32.             setTimeout(() => {
  33.                 repeat_until_successful(function_ptr, interval);
  34.             }, interval);
  35.     }
  36.     if (!in_iframe())
  37.         repeat_until_successful(() => {
  38.             const subscriptions = document.querySelector('div#content > tp-yt-app-drawer#guide div#sections > ytd-guide-section-renderer:nth-of-type(2) > div#items'); // subject to change
  39.             if (!Boolean(subscriptions))
  40.                 return false;
  41.             const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationList, observer) => {
  42.                 for (const mutation of mutationList)
  43.                     redirect_channel_links(mutation.target);
  44.             });
  45.             redirect_channel_links(subscriptions);
  46.             observer.observe(subscriptions, { childList: true, subtree: true });
  47.             return true;
  48.         }, 200);
  49. })();