Tired of your cluttered Facebook newsfeed?
// ==UserScript==
// @name hackernews|feed
// @namespace https://github.com/CatherineZeng/hackernews-newsfeed
// @author Anthony Pizzimenti
// @author Catherine Zeng
// @description Tired of your cluttered Facebook newsfeed?
// @include https://www.facebook.com/*
// @version 0.0.2
// @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
// ==/UserScript==
/**
* @author Anthony Pizzimenti
* @desc Changes facebook's newsfeed and alters styling.
* @param {object} content Content returned by Greasemonkey's request wrapper.
* @return {undefined}
*/
function editFacebookContent (content) {
var feed = document.getElementById("contentArea"),
parser = new DOMParser(),
list = parser.parseFromString(content, "text/html").getElementById("hnmain"),
items = list.getElementsByClassName("itemlist")[0],
header = items.insertRow(0),
rows = items.getElementsByClassName("spacer"),
subtext = list.getElementsByClassName("subtext"),
sitestr = list.getElementsByClassName("comhead"),
storyLinks = list.getElementsByClassName("storylink"),
i;
// change hackernews styling
list.getElementsByClassName("morelink")[0].remove();
list.getElementsByClassName("yclinks")[0].parentNode.remove();
list.getElementsByTagName("img")[0].remove();
list.getElementsByTagName("tr")[0].remove();
header.innerHTML = "<h2 style='background-color: #FF6600; padding:10px'>Hacker News</h2>";
items.style.padding = "10px";
// change font styling for story sources, metadata
for (i = 0; i < subtext.length; i++) {
subtext[i].style.fontSize = "7pt";
subtext[i].style.color = "#828282";
}
for (i = 0; i < sitestr.length; i++) {
sitestr[i].style.fontSize = "7pt";
sitestr[i].style.color = "#828282";
}
// change padding on story rows
for (i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
rows[i].style.height = "10px";
}
// set links so they open a new tab
for (i = 0; i < storyLinks.length; i++) {
storyLinks[i].target = "_blank";
}
// inject modified HTML
feed.innerHTML = list.innerHTML;
// change facebook styling;
feed.style.padding = "10px !important";
feed.style.backgroundColor = "#F6F6EF";
feed.style.fontFamily = "Verdana, Geneva, sans serif";
}
/**
* @author Anthony Pizzimenti
* @desc Sends a message before data is loaded.
* @param {string} url URL from which the Hackernews feed is loaded.
* @returns {undefined}
*/
function preLoad (url) {
var feed = document.getElementById("contentArea");
feed.innerHTML = "<h2 align=center id='loading-data'>Retrieving Hackernews feed...</h2>";
console.log(
"%c ______________________________________________________________________________________ \n" +
"| |\n" +
"| NNN NN EEEEEEEEE WW WW SSSSSSS FFFFFFFFFF EEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEE DDDDDDD |\n" +
"| NN NN NN EE WW WW SS FF EE EE DD DD |\n" +
"| NN NN NN EE WW WW SSSSSS FF EE EE DD DD |\n" +
"| NN NN NN EEEEEEE WW W WW SS FFFFFFFF EEEEEEE EEEEEEE DD DD |\n" +
"| NN NN NN EE WW W W WW SS FF EE EE DD DD |\n" +
"| NN NNN EEEEEEEEE WW WW SSSSSSS FF EEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEE DDDDDDD |\n" +
"|______________________________________________________________________________________|\n" +
"@version 0.0.2",
"color: #FF6600"
);
console.log(
"%cRetrieving data from " + url.toString() + "...",
"color=#ff6600"
);
}
/**
* @author Anthony Pizzimenti
* @desc Event-fired function when feed from Hackernews is loaded.
* @param {object} res GM_xmlhttpRequest response object.
* @returns {undefined}
*/
function load (res) {
var content = res.responseText;
console.log(
"%cRetrieved data from Y Combinator's Hackernews.",
"color=#ff660"
);
editFacebookContent(content);
}
/**
* @author Anthony Pizzimenti
* @desc Event-fired function when feed from Hackernews couldn't be loaded or the request failed.
* @param {object} res GM_xmlhttpRequest response object.
* @returns {undefined}
*/
function error (e) {
console.error(e.responseText);
console.error("Aborting Greasemonkey user script.");
}
/**
* @author Anthony Pizzimenti
* @desc IIFE that immediately loads Hackernews feed.
* @returns {undefined}
*/
(function getHackerNews () {
var req = GM_xmlhttpRequest,
url = "https://news.ycombinator.com";
preLoad(url);
// send GreaseMonkey-enabled same-origin request
req({
method: "GET",
url: url,
onload: load,
onerror: error
});
})();