4chan: redirect 404s to archive

Redirect dead 4chan threads to their respective board archives

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey, το Greasemonkey ή το Violentmonkey για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

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

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey ή το Violentmonkey για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey ή το Userscripts για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

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

Θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση διαχείρισης κώδικα χρήστη για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

(Έχω ήδη έναν διαχειριστή κώδικα χρήστη, επιτρέψτε μου να τον εγκαταστήσω!)

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 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.

(Έχω ήδη έναν διαχειριστή στυλ χρήστη, επιτρέψτε μου να τον εγκαταστήσω!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        4chan: redirect 404s to archive
// @namespace   user@user
// @match       *://boards.4chan.org/*/thread/*
// @version     1.3.0
// @date        2025-09-21
// @description Redirect dead 4chan threads to their respective board archives
// @grant       none
// @author      the pie stealer
// @run-at      document-end
// @license Apache 2.0
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
    'use strict';

    const archives = {
      'archived.moe': ['a','an','biz','c','co','diy','fit','gd','gif','i','jp','k','m','mlp','out','po','r9k','s4s','tg','tv','u','v','vg','vp','vr','wsg', 'asp','b','cm','h','hc','hm','n','p','r','s','soc','toy','y'],
      'archive.palanq.win': ['bant'],
      '4plebs.org':       ['adv','f','hr','o','pol','trv','x'],
      'desuarchive.org': ['int', 'g', 'qa'],
      'warosu.org':       ['3','cgl','ck','fa','ic','lit','sci'],
      'archive.rebeccablacktech.com': ['mu','w'],
      'archive.loveisover.me': ['d','e','lgbt','t'],
      'archive.nyafuu.org': ['wg'],
      'totally.not4plebs.org': ['sp']
    };

    const boardToHost = Object.entries(archives).reduce((map, [host, boards]) => {
      boards.forEach(b => map.set(b, host));
      return map;
    }, new Map());

    const parts = location.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
    if (parts.length < 3) {
      alert('4chan-redirect: unexpected path structure:', location.pathname);
      return;
    }

    const board = parts[0].toLowerCase();
    const threadIndex = parts.indexOf('thread');
    const threadId = (threadIndex >= 0 && parts.length > threadIndex + 1) ? parts[threadIndex + 1] : null;

    if (!threadId) {
      alert('4chan-redirect: could not determine thread id from', location.pathname);
      return;
    }

    const isDead = (() => {
      const title = (document.title || '').toLowerCase();
      if (title.includes('404') || title.includes('not found')) return true;

      try {
        const bodyText = (document.body && document.body.textContent) ? document.body.textContent.toLowerCase() : '';
        if (bodyText.includes('404 not found') || bodyText.includes('not found') || bodyText.includes('page not found')) return true;
      } catch (e) {

      }
      return false;
    })();

    if (!isDead) {
      return;
    }

    const host = boardToHost.get(board);
    if (!host) {
      alert(`4chan-redirect: no archive specified for board /${board}/`);
      return;
    }

    const archiveUrl = `https://${host}/${encodeURIComponent(board)}/thread/${encodeURIComponent(threadId)}`;

    //use the code below for debugging purpose
    //
    //alert(`4chan-redirect: redirecting /${board}/thread/${threadId} → ${archiveUrl}`);
    location.replace(archiveUrl);
})();