RYM descriptor links

links RYM descriptors to their respective chart pages

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         RYM descriptor links
// @namespace    https://github.com/zettaexa/userscripts
// @version      2025-11-22
// @description  links RYM descriptors to their respective chart pages
// @author       zetta
// @match        https://rateyourmusic.com/release/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=rateyourmusic.com
// @grant        none
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    "use strict";

    const row = document.querySelector("tr.release_descriptors");
    if (!row) return;

    const priSpan = row.querySelector("span.release_pri_descriptors");
    if (priSpan) {
        priSpan.style.display = "none";
    }

    // grab all <meta> elements under that row
    const metas = row.querySelectorAll("meta");

    metas.forEach((meta, i) => {
        const content = meta.getAttribute("content");
        if (!content) return;

        // 1. Remove a leading space if present
        let cleaned = content.replace(/^\s+/, "");

        // 2. Replace *any* remaining spaces with "-"
        cleaned = cleaned.replace(/\s+/g, "-");
        const url = `https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/d:${cleaned}`;
        // you can change the "album" part of the url to "album,ep,comp,single,video,unauth,mixtape,musicvideo,djmix,additional" to get all releases

        // create link
        const link = document.createElement("a");
        link.href = url;
        link.textContent = content;
        link.style.fontSize = ".9em";
        link.style.lineHeight = "1.4";
        link.style.textDecoration = "underline var(--mono-b) !important";
        link.style.color = "var(--mono-6)";

        // replace meta with the link
        const wrapper = document.createElement("span");
        wrapper.appendChild(link);
        if (i < metas.length - 1) {
            wrapper.appendChild(document.createTextNode(", "));
            wrapper.style.color = "var(--mono-6)";
        }

        meta.replaceWith(wrapper);
    });
})();