Redirect from the search results page to a band/album/etc. page.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Metal Archives - Redirect
// @description Redirect from the search results page to a band/album/etc. page.
// @version 1.3
// @include /^https?://www\.metal-archives\.com/search.*$/
// @grant none
// @license Unlicense
// @namespace https://github.com/quaepoena/MA-redirect
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
"use strict";
/* Return nested dictionaries with redirect information. This could be
expanded upon for any category MA allows you to search for. */
function redirects() {
return {"band_name":
{"Absu": "https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Absu/41",
"Burzum": "https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Burzum/88",
"Death": "https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Death/141",
"Immortal": "https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Immortal/75",
"Slayer": "https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Slayer/72"
},
"album_title":
{"Heartwork": "https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Carcass/Heartwork/451600",
"Master of Puppets": "https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Metallica/Master_of_Puppets/547"}};
}
/* Parse the URL parameters and return them as a dictionary with
[key]=value. HT to Bakudan, adapted from
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5448595. */
function parse_params(s) {
let params = {};
let kv = [];
s.split("&")
.forEach(function(param) {
kv = param.split("=");
params[kv[0]] = decodeURIComponent(kv[1]);
});
return params;
}
window.addEventListener("load", function start() {
let params = parse_params(window.location.search.substr(1));
let type = params["type"], search = params["searchString"];
let url = redirects()[type][search];
if (url) {
window.location.replace(url);
};
});
})();