Gab: Quick Share

Adds quick share button to each gab post. Clicking results in copying text with a link to that post into clipboard.

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 or Violentmonkey 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!)

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.

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

// ==UserScript==
// @name     Gab: Quick Share
// @version  3
// @grant    none
// @require  https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/jquery.min.js
// @match    https://*.gab.com/*
// @match    https://*.gab.ai/*
// @author   monnef
// @description Adds quick share button to each gab post. Clicking results in copying text with a link to that post into clipboard.
// @namespace   monnef.eu
// ==/UserScript==

const debug = false;

const tagCl = 'gqs';
const qsCl = tagCl + '-qs';
const lTag = '[GQS]';

const dLog = (...x) => { if (debug) console.debug(lTag, ...x); };
const log = (...x) => { console.log(lTag, ...x); }
const logErr = (...x) => { console.error(lTag, ...x); }

const addStyle = (style) => {
    style = style instanceof Array ? style.join('\n') : style;
    $('head').append($('<style type="text/css">' + style + '</style>'));
}

addStyle(`
/* Gab: Quick Share by monnef */

.${qsCl} {
  float: right;
  margin-right: 1em;
  cursor: pointer;
  transform: scale(1.2);
  color: #666 !important;
}
.${qsCl}:hover {
  text-decoration: none !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}
.detailed-status__wrapper .${qsCl} {
  margin: 0;
  flex-grow: 1;
  text-align: center;
}
`);

const qsText = '🗲';

const qsFlashText = (el, text) => {
  el.text(text);
  setTimeout(() => el.text(qsText), 1000);
};

const extractTextForQS = (el) => {
  const innerEls = el.find('.status__content p');
  const text = innerEls.map((i, x) => {
    const el = $(x);
    dLog('1, i=', i, 'x=', x, 'el=', el);
    return el.contents().map((j, y) => {
      dLog('2, j=', j, 'y=', y);
      if (y.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) return y.nodeValue;
      const el2 = $(y);
      dLog('2. el2=', el2);
      if (y.tagName === 'A') { 
        if (el2.hasClass('hashtag')
            || el2.hasClass('inner-post-mention')
           ) {
          return el2.text();
        };
        return el2.attr('href');
      } else if(y.tagName === 'IMG' && el2.hasClass('emojione')) {
        return el2.attr('alt');
      } else if (y.tagName === 'BR') {
        return '\n';
      }
      return el2.text();
    }).toArray().concat('\n');
  }).toArray().join('');
  return text;
};

const handleQuickShare = (el) => {
  const qsEl = el.find(`.${qsCl}`);
  const postLinkEls = el.find('a.status__relative-time, a.detailed-status__datetime').filter((i, x) => x.href.includes('/posts/'));
  if (postLinkEls.length != 1) {
    logErr('failed to locate a post link', postLinkEls);
    qsFlashText(qsEl, '❎');
  } else {
    const text = extractTextForQS(el);
    const postLinkHref = postLinkEls.attr('href');
    const link = postLinkHref.startsWith('http') ? postLinkHref : `https://gab.com${postLinkHref}`;
    const toCopy = `${text}\n${link}`;
    dLog({link, text, toCopy});
    log('copying to clipboard:\n' + toCopy);
    navigator.clipboard.writeText(toCopy)
      .then(() => {
        log('copy ok');
        qsFlashText(qsEl, '📋✅');
      })
      .catch(e => {
        logErr('copy failed', e);
        // alert(`Copying to clipboard failed: ${e}`);
        qsFlashText(qsEl, '📋❎');
      });
  }
};

const processOneGab = (el) => {
  const qsEl = $('<a/>').text(qsText).addClass(qsCl).attr('title', 'Quick Share\n(user-script by monnef)').click(() => handleQuickShare(el));
  el.find('.status__action-bar .status__action-bar__counter:last, .detailed-status__button:last').after(qsEl);
};

const work = () => {
  $('div.status__wrapper, div.detailed-status__wrapper').each((idx, rEl) => {
    const el = $(rEl);
    if(el.hasClass(tagCl)) return;
    el.addClass(tagCl);
    processOneGab(el);
  });
  setTimeout(work, 500);
}

$(() => {
  const suf = ' background-color: black; font-size: 150%;';
  console.info('%c' + lTag + ' 🐸👌 %cGab: Quick Share %cby 🔸%cmonnef🔸%c [🍍]',
    'color: gray;' + suf,
    'color: lime;'+ suf,
    'color: white;' + suf,
    'color: magenta;' + suf,
    'color: gray;' + suf,
  );
  work();
});