A userscript for HackerNews that points out paywalled articles and provides anti-paywall urls.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Hacker News Anti-Paywall
// @namespace https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall
// @version 0.8
// @description A userscript for HackerNews that points out paywalled articles and provides anti-paywall urls.
// @author MostlyEmre
// @match https://news.ycombinator.com/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=ycombinator.com
// @grant none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
/* jshint esversion:6 */
(function() {
'use strict';
const projects = [
{
name: "Archive.is",
url: "https://archive.is/",
},
{
name: "12ft.io",
url: "https://12ft.io/",
},
{
name: "Archive.org",
url: "https://web.archive.org/web/",
},
];
const paywalls = [
"adweek.com",
"ad.nl",
"ambito.com",
"americanbanker.com",
"baltimoresun.com",
"barrons.com",
"bloomberg.com",
"bloombergquint.com",
"bndestem.nl",
"bostonglobe.com",
"bd.nl",
"brisbanetimes.com.au",
"businessinsider.com",
"caixinglobal.com",
"centralwesterndaily.com.au",
"cen.acs.org",
"chicagotribune.com",
"corriere.it",
"chicagobusiness.com",
"dailypress.com",
"gelderlander.nl",
"groene.nl",
"demorgen.be",
"denverpost.com",
"speld.nl",
"destentor.nl",
"tijd.be",
"volkskrant.nl",
"df.cl",
"editorialedomani.it",
"dynamed.com",
"ed.nl",
"elmercurio.com",
"elmundo.es",
"elpais.com",
"elperiodico.com",
"elu24.ee",
"britannica.com",
"estadao.com.br",
"examiner.com.au",
"expansion.com",
"fnlondon.com",
"financialpost.com",
"ft.com",
"firstthings.com",
"foreignpolicy.com",
"fortune.com",
"genomeweb.com",
"glassdoor.com",
"globes.co.il",
"grubstreet.com",
"haaretz.com",
"haaretz.co.il",
"harpers.org",
"courant.com",
"hbr.org",
"hbrchina.org",
"heraldsun.com.au",
"fd.nl",
"historyextra.com",
"humo.be",
"ilmanifesto.it",
"inc.com",
"interest.co.nz",
"investorschronicle.co.uk",
"lanacion.com.ar",
"repubblica.it",
"lastampa.it",
"latercera.com",
"lavoixdunord.fr",
"lecho.be",
"ledevoir.com",
"leparisien.fr",
"lesechos.fr",
"loebclassics.com",
"lrb.co.uk",
"labusinessjournal.com",
"latimes.com",
"medium.com",
"medscape.com",
"mexiconewsdaily.com",
"sloanreview.mit.edu",
"technologyreview.com",
"mv-voice.com",
"nationalgeographic.com",
"nationalpost.com",
"nzz.ch",
"newstatesman.com",
"nydailynews.com",
"nymag.com",
"nzherald.co.nz",
"nrc.nl",
"ntnews.com.au",
"ocregister.com",
"orlandosentinel.com",
"paloaltoonline.com",
"parool.nl",
"postimees.ee",
"pzc.nl",
"qz.com",
"quora.com",
"gelocal.it",
"republic.ru",
"reuters.com",
"sandiegouniontribune.com",
"sfchronicle.com",
"scientificamerican.com",
"seekingalpha.com",
"slate.com",
"sofrep.com",
"startribune.com",
"statista.com",
"stuff.co.nz",
'"sueddeutsche.de"',
"sun-sentinel.com",
"techinasia.com",
"telegraaf.nl",
"time.com",
"adelaidenow.com.au",
"theadvocate.com.au",
"theage.com.au",
"the-american-interest.com",
"theathletic.com",
"theathletic.co.uk",
"theatlantic.com",
"afr.com",
"theaustralian.com.au",
"bizjournals.com",
"canberratimes.com.au",
"thecourier.com.au",
"couriermail.com.au",
"thecut.com",
"dailytelegraph.com.au",
"thediplomat.com",
"economist.com",
"theglobeandmail.com",
"theherald.com.au",
"thehindu.com",
"irishtimes.com",
"japantimes.co.jp",
"kansascity.com",
"themarker.com",
"mercurynews.com",
"themercury.com.au",
"mcall.com",
"thenation.com",
"thenational.scot",
"news-gazette.com",
"newyorker.com",
"nytimes.com",
"theolivepress.es",
"inquirer.com",
"thesaturdaypaper.com.au",
"seattletimes.com",
"spectator.com.au",
"spectator.co.uk",
"spectator.us",
"smh.com.au",
"telegraph.co.uk",
"thestar.com",
"wsj.com",
"washingtonpost.com",
"thewrap.com",
"the-tls.co.uk",
"towardsdatascience.com",
"trouw.nl",
"tubantia.nl",
"vanityfair.com",
"vn.nl",
"vulture.com",
"journalnow.com",
"wired.com",
"zeit.de",
];
let titles = document.querySelectorAll("table tr.athing");
let postTitle = document.querySelector("tbody table.fatitem tr.athing");
// The main function that updates the UI with the links.
const passTheButter = (node) => {
let meta = node.nextSibling.querySelector(".subtext");
let link = node.querySelector(".titleline a").href;
let domain = node.querySelector("span.sitestr") ? node.querySelector("span.sitestr").innerText : "";
let paywall = paywalls.find((paywall) => domain.includes(paywall));
if (paywall) {
let paywallSpan = document.createElement("span");
paywallSpan.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" | 💰"));
projects.forEach((project) => {
const anchor = document.createElement("a");
const line = document.createElement("span");
line.textContent = " | ";
anchor.setAttribute("href", `${project.url}${link}`);
anchor.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
anchor.setAttribute("rel", "noopener noreferrer");
anchor.textContent = project.name;
paywallSpan.appendChild(line);
paywallSpan.appendChild(anchor);
});
paywallSpan.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" | "));
paywallSpan.appendChild(
Object.assign(document.createElement("a"), {
href: `https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall`,
target: "_blank",
rel: "noopener noreferrer",
textContent: "ℹ",
})
);
meta.appendChild(paywallSpan);
}
};
postTitle
? passTheButter(postTitle)
: titles.forEach((title) => {
passTheButter(title);
});
})();