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Redirect Medium articles to Scribe for free reading
// ==UserScript==
// @name Medium to Scribe Redirector
// @namespace https://scribe.rip/
// @version 1.0
// @description Redirect Medium articles to Scribe for free reading
// @author Arkina Romeon
// @match *://medium.com/*
// @match *://*.medium.com/*
// @exclude *://medium.com/
// @exclude *://*.medium.com/
// @grant none
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Check if current URL is a Medium article page
function isMediumArticle(url) {
// Medium articles typically follow these patterns:
// - medium.com/@username/article-title-hash
// - username.medium.com/article-title-hash
const mediumPattern = /(?:medium\.com\/[^\/]+\/[^\/]+|\.medium\.com\/[^\/]+)/;
return mediumPattern.test(url);
}
// Convert Medium URL to Scribe URL
function convertToScribeUrl(mediumUrl) {
try {
const url = new URL(mediumUrl);
let scribeUrl = 'https://scribe.rip' + url.pathname;
// Preserve query parameters (if any)
if (url.search) {
scribeUrl += url.search;
}
// Preserve hash fragment (if any)
if (url.hash) {
scribeUrl += url.hash;
}
return scribeUrl;
} catch (e) {
console.error('Error converting URL:', e);
return null;
}
}
// Main function
function main() {
const currentUrl = window.location.href;
// Check if it's an article page (exclude homepage)
if (isMediumArticle(currentUrl) &&
!currentUrl.includes('/me/') &&
!currentUrl.includes('/new-story') &&
!currentUrl.includes('/edit/') &&
!currentUrl.includes('/draft/')) {
const scribeUrl = convertToScribeUrl(currentUrl);
if (scribeUrl && scribeUrl !== currentUrl) {
console.log(`Redirecting from Medium to Scribe: ${scribeUrl}`);
window.location.replace(scribeUrl);
}
}
}
// Execute redirect check immediately
main();
// Listen for URL changes (for SPAs)
let lastUrl = location.href;
new MutationObserver(() => {
const currentUrl = location.href;
if (currentUrl !== lastUrl) {
lastUrl = currentUrl;
setTimeout(main, 100); // Small delay to ensure DOM updates
}
}).observe(document, { subtree: true, childList: true });
})();