Sort channels by viewcount

Reorders the followed channels list in the sidebar based on viewcount.

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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.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Sort channels by viewcount
// @namespace    https://github.com/tomasz13nocon
// @version      1.3
// @description  Reorders the followed channels list in the sidebar based on viewcount.
// @author       Tomasz Nocoń
// @match        https://www.twitch.tv/*
// @grant        none
// @homepageURL  https://github.com/tomasz13nocon/twitch-sort-by-viewcount
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(async function() {
	'use strict';

	// Returns the react element from a dom node
	function findReact(dom) {
		return dom[Object.keys(dom).find(a=>a.startsWith("__reactInternalInstance$"))].return.stateNode;
	}

	// Returns viewcount of a given element, or undefined if offline.
	// element has to be the grandparent of a side-nav-card element. That's the react component.
	function viewcount(element) {
		let component = findReact(element);
		// If "stream" property doesn't exist (optional chaining below) then the stream is offline.
		return component
			.props.children
			.props.children
			.props.stream?.content.viewersCount;
	}


	let sidebar;
	// Delay the script until the element loads
	while ((sidebar = document.getElementsByClassName("side-bar-contents")[0]) === undefined) {
		await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
	}
	// We're mutating DOM inside a DOM mutation event callback. This flag prevents infinite loop.
	let weMutatedDom = false;

	new MutationObserver((mutations) => {

		if (weMutatedDom) {
			weMutatedDom = false;
			return;
		}

		// We're only interested in "new nodes added" and "text changed" mutations.
		let relevantMutation = false;
		for (let mutation of mutations) {
			if (mutation.addedNodes[0] || mutation.type === "characterData") {
				relevantMutation = true;
				break;
			}
		}
		if (!relevantMutation)
			return;

		let followedSection = sidebar.getElementsByClassName("side-nav-section")[0];
		// Mapping to 2 parents up, as that's the outermost element for a single channel
		let streams = [...followedSection.querySelectorAll("div.side-nav-card")].map(el => el.parentNode.parentNode);

		streams.sort((a, b) => {
			let av = viewcount(a), bv = viewcount(b);
			if (av > bv)
				return -1;
			if (av < bv)
				return 1;
			return 0;
		});

		weMutatedDom = true;
		streams[0].parentNode.append(...streams);

	}).observe(sidebar, { childList: true, subtree: true, characterData: true });

})();