Adds AO3 publication date i.e. date of publication of first chapter to AO3 search/sort page
// ==UserScript==
// @name AO3 Publication date
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/455343/
// @version 2.1
// @description Adds AO3 publication date i.e. date of publication of first chapter to AO3 search/sort page
// @author MM
// @match https://archiveofourown.org/tags/*
// @match https://archiveofourown.org/works?commit=Sort+and+Filter*
// @match https://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&commit=Sort+and+Filter*
// @grant none
// @license none
// ==/UserScript==
(function ao3firstpubdate() {
'use strict';
// Define the HTML template for the date display with a span for styling
var html_date_heading = ' <span class="date-published" style="font-size: 12px; color: #555; font-family: monospace;"> Date Published: <strong><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit;">';
// Check for story headings in the index page
if (jQuery('.header h4.heading').length) {
jQuery('.header h4.heading').each(function() {
var sStoryPath = jQuery(this).find('a').first().attr('href');
var oHeader = this;
// Check if link is for an individual work
var aMatch = sStoryPath.match(/works\/(\d+)/);
if (aMatch !== null) {
var iStoryId = aMatch[1];
// Fetch the work page
jQuery.get('https://archiveofourown.org/works/' + iStoryId, function(oData) {
// Extract and reformat the publication date
var rawDate = jQuery(oData).find('dd.published').text().trim();
if (rawDate) {
// Reformat the date to '05 Oct 2020'
var formattedDate = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', {
day: '2-digit',
month: 'short',
year: 'numeric'
}).format(new Date(rawDate));
// Append the formatted date to the story header
jQuery(oHeader).append(html_date_heading + ' ' + formattedDate + '</span></strong></span> ');
}
}).fail(function() {
console.log('Failed to fetch publication date for story ID:', iStoryId);
});
}
});
}
})();