// ==UserScript==
// @name Twitter Linkify Trends
// @description Make Twitter trends links (again)
// @author chocolateboy
// @copyright chocolateboy
// @version 1.4.0
// @namespace https://github.com/chocolateboy/userscripts
// @license GPL: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
// @include https://twitter.com/
// @include https://twitter.com/*
// @include https://mobile.twitter.com/
// @include https://mobile.twitter.com/*
// @require https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.slim.min.js
// @require https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/index.iife.min.js
// @require https://unpkg.com/@chocolateboy/[email protected]/dist/polyfill.iife.min.js
// @require https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/index.umd.min.js
// @require https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/flru.min.js
// @grant GM_log
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
/// <reference types="jquery" />
/// <reference path="../types/gm-compat.d.ts" />
// isolate from the scope of the @requires to work around a missing feature in
// TypeScript and a misfeature in a userscript engine.
//
// XXX https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/14279
// XXX https://github.com/chocolateboy/uncommonjs#scope
/* begin */ {
/**
* @typedef {Object} TwitterEvent
*
* @prop {{ url?: string }} TwitterEvent.image
* @prop {string} TwitterEvent.title
* @prop {{ url: string }} TwitterEvent.url
*/
/**
* a map from event IDs to their URLs. populated via the intercepted trends
* data (JSON)
*
* uses an LRU cache (flru) with up to 256 (128 * 2) entries
*
* @type {import("flru").flruCache}
*/
const CACHE = new exports.default(128)
/*
* debugging options
*
* uncomment this to debug the selectors by assigning distinct background colors
* to trend and event elements
*/
// const DEBUG = { event: 'powderblue', trend: 'palegreen' }
const DEBUG = {}
/*
* events to disable (stop propagating) on event and trend elements
*/
const DISABLED_EVENTS = 'click touch'
/*
* path to the JSON document containing event data
*/
const EVENT_DATA = '/i/api/2/guide.json'
/*
* path to the array of event records within the JSON document; each record
* includes an ID, title, URL and image URL
*/
const EVENT_PATH = 'timeline.instructions.*.addEntries.entries.*.content.timelineModule.items.*.item.content.eventSummary'
/*
* path to the data for the main image/link on trend pages
* (https://twitter.com/explore/tabs/*)
*/
const EVENT_HERO_PATH = 'timeline.instructions.*.addEntries.entries.*.content.item.content.eventSummary'
/*
* the shared identifier (key) for live events (if they don't have a custom
* image). if an event has this key, we identify it by its title rather than its
* image URL
*/
const LIVE_EVENT_KEY = '/lex/placeholder_live_nomargin'
/*
* selectors for trend elements and event elements (i.e. Twitter's curated news
* links). works for trends/events in the "What's happening" panel in the
* sidebar and the dedicated trends pages (https://twitter.com/explore/tabs/*)
*/
// NOTE: we detect the image inside an event/event-hero element and then
// navigate up to the event to avoid the overhead of using :has()
const EVENT = 'div[role="link"]:not([data-testid]):not([data-linked])'
const EVENT_IMAGE = `${EVENT} > div > div:nth-child(2):last-child img[src]:not([src=""])`
const EVENT_HERO = 'div[role="link"][data-testid="eventHero"]:not([data-linked])'
const EVENT_HERO_IMAGE = `${EVENT_HERO} > div:first-child [data-testid="image"] > img[src]:not([src=""])`
const TREND = 'div[role="link"][data-testid="trend"]:not([data-linked])'
const EVENT_ANY = [EVENT, EVENT_HERO].join(', ')
const SELECTOR = [EVENT_IMAGE, EVENT_HERO_IMAGE, TREND].join(', ')
/**
* a custom version of get-wild's `get` function which automatically removes
* missing/undefined results
*
* we also use a simpler/faster path parser since we don't use the extended
* syntax
*
* @type {typeof import("get-wild").get}
*/
const pluck = exports.getter({ default: [], split: '.' })
/*
* remove the onclick interceptors from event elements
*/
function disableAll (e) {
// don't preventDefault: we still want links to work
e.stopPropagation()
}
/**
* remove the onclick interceptors from trend elements, apart from clicks on the
* caret (which opens a drop-down menu)
*
* @this {Element}
* @param {JQueryEventObject} e
*/
function disableSome (e) {
const $target = $(e.target)
const $caret = $target.closest('[data-testid="caret"]', this)
if (!$caret.length) {
// don't preventDefault: we still want links to work
e.stopPropagation()
}
}
/**
* intercept XMLHTTPRequest#open requests for trend data (guide.json) and pass
* the response to a custom handler which extracts data for the event elements
*
* @param {XMLHttpRequest['open']} oldOpen
* @returns {XMLHttpRequest['open']}
*/
function hookXHROpen (oldOpen) {
return /** @this {XMLHttpRequest} */ function open (_method, url) { // preserve the arity
const $url = new URL(url)
if ($url.pathname === EVENT_DATA) {
// register a new listener
this.addEventListener('load', () => processEventData(this.responseText))
}
return GMCompat.apply(this, oldOpen, arguments)
}
}
/*
* translate an event's ID to its canonical form
*
* takes an identifier for an event image (its URL) and returns the portion of
* that identifier which the data and the element have in common
*/
function keyFor (url) {
return new URL(url).pathname.replace(/\.\w+$/, '')
}
/*
* create a link (A) which targets the specified URL
*
* used to wrap the trend/event titles
*/
function linkFor (href) {
return $('<a></a>')
.attr({ href, role: 'link', 'data-focusable': true })
.css({ color: 'inherit', textDecoration: 'inherit' })
}
/*
* process a newly-created trend or event element
*/
function onElement (el) {
const $el = $(el)
// determine the element's type and pass it to the appropriate handler
if ($el.is(TREND)) {
$el.css({
cursor: 'auto', // remove the fake pointer
backgroundColor: DEBUG?.trend,
})
$el.on(DISABLED_EVENTS, disableSome)
// tag so we don't select it again
$el.attr('data-linked', 'true')
onTrendElement($el)
} else {
const $event = $el.closest(EVENT_ANY)
const wrapImage = $event.is(EVENT)
$event.css({
cursor: 'auto', // remove the fake pointer
backgroundColor: DEBUG?.event,
})
$event.on(DISABLED_EVENTS, disableAll)
// tag so we don't select it again
$event.attr('data-linked', 'true')
onEventElement($event, $el, { wrapImage })
}
}
/*
* linkify an event element: the target URL is (was) extracted from the
* intercepted JSON
*/
function onEventElement ($event, $image, options = {}) {
const { $target, title } = targetFor($event)
console.debug('event (element):', JSON.stringify(title))
const key = keyFor($image.attr('src'))
const url = key === LIVE_EVENT_KEY ? CACHE.get(title) : CACHE.get(key)
if (url) {
const $link = linkFor(url)
$target.parent().wrap($link)
if (options.wrapImage) {
$image.wrap($link)
}
} else {
console.warn("Can't find URL for event (element):", JSON.stringify(title))
}
}
/*
* linkify a trend element: the target URL is derived from the title in the
* element rather than from the JSON
*/
function onTrendElement ($trend) {
const { $target, title } = targetFor($trend)
const unquoted = title.replace(/"/g, '')
// console.debug('trend (element):', JSON.stringify(unquoted))
const query = encodeURIComponent('"' + unquoted + '"')
const url = `${location.origin}/search?q=${query}`
$target.wrap(linkFor(url))
}
/*
* process the events data (JSON): extract ID/URL pairs for the event elements
* and store them in a cache
*/
function processEventData (json) {
const data = JSON.parse(json)
/** @type {Array<TwitterEvent>} */
const events = pluck(data, EVENT_PATH)
// always returns an array even though there's at most 1
/** @type {Array<TwitterEvent>} */
const eventHero = pluck(data, EVENT_HERO_PATH)
const $events = eventHero.concat(events)
const nEvents = $events.length
if (!nEvents) {
return
}
const plural = nEvents === 1 ? 'event' : 'events'
console.debug(`caching data for ${nEvents} ${plural}`)
for (const event of $events) {
const { title, url: { url } } = event
const imageURL = event.image?.url
if (!imageURL) {
// XXX not all event heroes (or adverts) have images
console.warn("Can't find image for event (data):", title)
continue
}
const key = keyFor(imageURL)
console.debug('event (data):', JSON.stringify(title))
if (key === LIVE_EVENT_KEY) {
CACHE.set(title, url)
} else {
CACHE.set(key, url)
}
}
}
/*
* given a trend or event element, return its target element — i.e. the SPAN
* containing the element's title — along with its title text
*/
function targetFor ($el) {
const $target = $el.find('div[dir="ltr"]').first().find('> span')
const title = $target.text().trim()
return { $target, title }
}
/******************************************************************************/
/*
* monitor the creation of trend/event elements
*/
function run () {
const reactRoot = document.getElementById('react-root')
if (!reactRoot) {
console.warn("can't find react-root element")
return
}
const callback = () => {
// FIXME TS is not picking up `downlevelIteration: true` in the jsconfig
// @ts-ignore
for (const el of reactRoot.querySelectorAll(SELECTOR)) {
onElement(el)
}
}
new MutationObserver(callback)
.observe(reactRoot, { childList: true, subtree: true })
}
// hook HMLHTTPRequest#open so we can extract event data from the JSON
const xhrProto = GMCompat.unsafeWindow.XMLHttpRequest.prototype
xhrProto.open = GMCompat.export(hookXHROpen(xhrProto.open))
// monitor the creation of trend/event elements after the page has loaded
//
// this script needs to be loaded early enough to intercept the JSON
// (document-start), but run after the page has loaded (DOMContentLoaded). this
// ensures the latter
$(run)
/* end */ }