// ==UserScript==
// @name Newspaper Paywall Bypasser
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/users/649
// @version 1.2.5
// @description Bypass the paywall on online newspapers
// @author Adrien Pyke
// @match *://www.thenation.com/*
// @match *://www.wsj.com/*
// @match *://www.bostonglobe.com/*
// @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
// @grant unsafeWindow
// @noframes
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// short reference to unsafeWindow (or window if unsafeWindow is unavailable e.g. bookmarklet)
var W = (typeof unsafeWindow === 'undefined') ? window : unsafeWindow;
var SCRIPT_NAME = 'Newspaper Paywall Bypasser';
/**
* Sample Implementation:
{
name: 'something', // name of the implementation
match: "^https?://domain.com/.*", // the url to react to
remove: '#element', // css selector to get element to remove
wait: 3000, // how many ms to wait before running (to wait for elements to load), or a css selector to keep trying until it returns an elem
referer: 'something', // load content in with an xhr using this referrer
replace: '#element', // css selector to get element to replace with xhr
css: {}, // object, keyed by css selector of css rules
bmmode: function() { } // function to call before doing anything else if in BM_MODE
}
* Any of the CSS selectors can be functions instead that return the desired value.
*/
var implementations = [{
name: 'The Nation',
match: "^https?://www.thenation.com/.*",
remove: '#paywall',
wait: '#paywall',
bmmode: function() { Paywall.hide(); }
}, {
name: 'Wall Street Journal',
match: "^https?://www.wsj.com/.*",
referer: 'http://www.google.com',
replace: '#article_sector > article > div:nth-of-type(1)'
}, {
name: 'Boston Globe',
match: "^https?://www.bostonglobe.com/.*",
css: {
'html, body, #contain': {
overflow: 'visible'
},
'.mfp-wrap, .mfp-ready': {
display: 'none'
}
}
}];
// END OF IMPLEMENTATIONS
var Util = {
log: function () {
var args = [].slice.call(arguments);
args.unshift('%c' + SCRIPT_NAME + ':', 'font-weight: bold;color: #233c7b;');
console.log.apply(console, args);
},
q: function(query, context) {
return (context || document).querySelector(query);
},
qq: function(query, context) {
return [].slice.call((context || document).querySelectorAll(query));
}
};
var App = {
currentImpName: null,
appendStyle: function(css) {
var out = '';
for (var selector in css) {
out += selector + '{';
for (var rule in css[selector]) {
out += rule + ':' + css[selector][rule] + '!important;';
}
out += '}';
}
var style = document.createElement('style');
style.type = 'text/css';
style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(out));
document.head.appendChild(style);
},
bypass: function(imp) {
if (W.BM_MODE && imp.bmmode) {
imp.bmmode();
}
if (imp.css) {
var cssObj = typeof imp.css === 'function' ? imp.css() : imp.css;
App.appendStyle(cssObj);
}
if (imp.remove) {
var elemToRemove = typeof imp.remove === 'function' ? imp.remove() : Util.q(imp.remove);
elemToRemove.remove();
}
if (imp.referer) {
var theReferer = typeof imp.referer === 'function' ? imp.referer() : imp.referer;
GM_xmlhttpRequest ({
method: 'GET',
url: W.location.href,
headers: {
referer: theReferer
},
anonymous: true,
onload: function(response) {
Util.log('successfully loaded xhr with referer: ' + theReferer);
if (imp.replace) {
var replaceSelector = typeof imp.replace === 'function' ? imp.replace() : imp.replace;
var tempDiv = document.createElement('div');
tempDiv.innerHTML = response.responseText;
Util.q(replaceSelector).innerHTML = Util.q(replaceSelector, tempDiv).innerHTML;
} else {
document.body.innerHTML = response.responseText;
}
},
onerror: function(error) {
Util.log('error occured when loading xhr with referer: ' + theReferer, 'error');
}
});
}
},
waitAndBypass: function(imp) {
if (imp.wait) {
var waitType = typeof imp.wait;
if(waitType === 'number') {
setTimeout(App.bypass(imp), imp.wait || 0);
} else {
var isReady = waitType === 'function' ? imp.wait : function() {
return Util.q(imp.wait);
};
var intervalId = setInterval(function() {
if(isReady()) {
Util.log('Condition fulfilled, bypassing');
clearInterval(intervalId);
App.bypass(imp);
}
}, 200);
}
} else {
App.bypass(imp);
}
},
start: function(imps) {
Util.log('starting...');
var success = imps.some(function(imp) {
if (imp.match && (new RegExp(imp.match, 'i')).test(W.location.href)) {
currentImpName = imp.name;
App.waitAndBypass(imp);
return true;
}
});
if (!success) {
Util.log('no implementation for ' + W.location.href, 'error');
}
}
};
App.start(implementations);
})();
