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YouTube and Google region setter

Youtube and google regularly change your region based on your IP. This userscript automatically sets it to your preferred region instead.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @run-at      document-start
  3. // @version     1.0.0
  4. // @name        YouTube and Google region setter
  5. // @namespace   https://github.com/emmaexe/userscripts
  6. // @author      emmaexe
  7. // @description Youtube and google regularly change your region based on your IP. This userscript automatically sets it to your preferred region instead.
  8. // @license     GPL-3.0-only
  9. // @homepageURL https://github.com/emmaexe/userscripts
  10. // @supportURL  https://github.com/emmaexe/userscripts/issues
  11. // @include     *://youtube.*/*
  12. // @include     *://*.youtube.*/*
  13. // @include     *://www.google.com/*
  14. // @exclude     *://www.google.com/a/*
  15. // @icon        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emmaexe/userscripts/main/youtube-region-setter/assets/youtube-ico-32.png
  16. // @grant       GM.registerMenuCommand
  17. // @grant       GM.getValue
  18. // @grant       GM.setValue
  19. // ==/UserScript==
  20.  
  21. GM.registerMenuCommand('Set preferred youtube/google region', async () => {
  22.     region = prompt('Please enter your preferred region:', 'GB');
  23.     await GM.setValue('region', region);
  24.     window.location.reload();
  25. })
  26.  
  27. async function main(){
  28.     let region = await GM.getValue('region', 'GB');
  29.     let oldUrl = location.href;
  30.     let arr = oldUrl.split('?');
  31.     if (!(oldUrl.includes(`&gl=${region}`) || oldUrl.includes(`?gl=${region}`))) {
  32.         if (arr.length > 1 && arr[1] !== '') {
  33.             location.replace(oldUrl+`&gl=${region}`);
  34.         } else {
  35.             location.replace(oldUrl+`?gl=${region}`);
  36.         }
  37.     }
  38. }
  39.  
  40. main();