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Remove YouTube redirections and show full links in descriptions.
// ==UserScript==
// @name YouTube Link Fixer
// @namespace Violentmonkey Scripts
// @match *://www.youtube.com/*
// @match *://*.youtu.be/*
// @grant none
// @version 1.0
// @author TimeTravel_0
// @license GPLv3
// @description Remove YouTube redirections and show full links in descriptions.
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Function to clean YouTube redirect links
function cleanRedirectLinks() {
document.querySelectorAll('a[href*="youtube.com/redirect"]').forEach(anchor => {
const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(new URL(anchor.href).search);
const directUrl = urlParams.get('q'); // Get actual URL from ?q=
if (directUrl) {
anchor.href = decodeURIComponent(directUrl);
}
});
}
// Function to replace truncated text in video descriptions with full URLs
function replaceTruncatedLinks() {
document.querySelectorAll('#description-inline-expander a').forEach(anchor => {
if (anchor.href && !anchor.href.includes('youtube.com') && !anchor.href.includes('youtu.be')) {
anchor.textContent = anchor.href;
}
});
}
// Run on initial page load
cleanRedirectLinks();
replaceTruncatedLinks();
// Use MutationObserver to watch for dynamic content changes
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
cleanRedirectLinks();
replaceTruncatedLinks();
});
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();