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YouTube Link Fixer

Remove YouTube redirections and show full links in descriptions.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name        YouTube Link Fixer
  3. // @namespace   Violentmonkey Scripts
  4. // @match        *://www.youtube.com/*
  5. // @match        *://*.youtu.be/*
  6. // @grant       none
  7. // @version     1.0
  8. // @author      TimeTravel_0
  9. // @license GPLv3
  10. // @description Remove YouTube redirections and show full links in descriptions.
  11. // ==/UserScript==
  12.  
  13. (function() {
  14.     'use strict';
  15.  
  16.     // Function to clean YouTube redirect links
  17.     function cleanRedirectLinks() {
  18.         document.querySelectorAll('a[href*="youtube.com/redirect"]').forEach(anchor => {
  19.             const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(new URL(anchor.href).search);
  20.             const directUrl = urlParams.get('q'); // Get actual URL from ?q=
  21.             if (directUrl) {
  22.                 anchor.href = decodeURIComponent(directUrl);
  23.             }
  24.         });
  25.     }
  26.  
  27.     // Function to replace truncated text in video descriptions with full URLs
  28.     function replaceTruncatedLinks() {
  29.         document.querySelectorAll('#description-inline-expander a').forEach(anchor => {
  30.             if (anchor.href && !anchor.href.includes('youtube.com') && !anchor.href.includes('youtu.be')) {
  31.                 anchor.textContent = anchor.href;
  32.             }
  33.         });
  34.     }
  35.  
  36.  
  37.     // Run on initial page load
  38.     cleanRedirectLinks();
  39.     replaceTruncatedLinks();
  40.  
  41.     // Use MutationObserver to watch for dynamic content changes
  42.     const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
  43.         cleanRedirectLinks();
  44.         replaceTruncatedLinks();
  45.     });
  46.  
  47.     observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
  48.  
  49. })();