Modify URLs in search results of search engines
// ==UserScript==
// @name URL Modifier for Search Engines
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.7
// @description Modify URLs in search results of search engines
// @author Domenic
// @match *://searx.tiekoetter.com/search*
// @match *://search.disroot.org/search*
// @match *://www.startpage.com/search*
// @match *://www.startpage.com/sp/search*
// @match *://search.brave.com/search*
// @grant none
// @run-at document-end
// @license GPL-2.0-only
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Define URL modification rules
const urlModificationRules = [
{
matchRegex: /^https?:\/\/www\.reddit\.com(.*)/,
replaceWith: 'https://old.reddit.com$1'
},
{
matchRegex: /^https?:\/\/(en(.m)?|simple)\.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/(?!Special:Search)(\w+)/,
replaceWith: 'https://www.wikiwand.com/en/$3'
},
{
matchRegex: /^https?:\/\/zh(\.m)?\.wikipedia\.org\/(zh-hans|wiki)\/(.*)/,
replaceWith: 'https://www.wikiwand.com/zh-hans/$3'
},
{
matchRegex: /^https?:\/\/((\w+\.)?medium\.com\/.*)/,
replaceWith: 'https://freedium.cfd/https://$1'
},
{
matchRegex: /^https?:\/\/((.*)arxiv\.org\/pdf|arxiv-export-lb.library.cornell.edu\/(pdf|abs))\/(\d{4}\.\d{4,5}(v\d)?)(.*)/,
replaceWith: 'https://arxiv.org/abs/$4'
},
{
matchRegex: /^https?:\/\/(ieeexplore\.ieee\.org\/document\/\d+)\//,
replaceWith: 'https://$1'
}
// Add more rules here as needed
];
// Define enhanced selector rules for each search engine
const selectorRules = {
'searx': [
{
selector: 'article a.url_wrapper',
childSelector: '.url_i1',
updateChildText: true,
useTopLevelDomain: true, // Flag for using top-level domain
containProtocol: true
},
{
selector: 'h3 a'
}
],
'startpage': [
{
selector: 'a.w-gl__result-url.result-link',
updateText: true
},
{
selector: 'a.w-gl__result-title.result-link'
}
],
'brave': [
{
selector: 'a.h.svelte-1dihpoi',
childSelector: 'cite.snippet-url.svelte-1ygzem6 span.netloc.text-small-bold.svelte-1ygzem6',
updateChildText: true,
useTopLevelDomain: true,
containProtocol: false
}
],
'duckduckgo': [
{
selector: 'a.eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr.LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu'
},
{
selector: 'div.mwuQiMOjmFJ5vmN6Vcqw.LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk a.Rn_JXVtoPVAFyGkcaXyK',
childSelector: 'span',
updateChildText: true,
useTopLevelDomain: true,
containProtocol: true
}
]
// Additional search engines can be defined here...
};
// User-defined list of search engine instance URLs
const searchEngines = {
'searx': [
'searx.tiekoetter.com',
'search.disroot.org'
],
'startpage': [
'www.startpage.com'
],
'brave': [
'search.brave.com'
],
'duckduckgo': [
'duckduckgo.com'
],
// ... more search engines
};
// Function to modify URLs and optionally text
const modifyUrls = (engine) => {
const selectors = selectorRules[engine];
if (selectors) {
selectors.forEach(rule => {
document.querySelectorAll(rule.selector).forEach(element => {
urlModificationRules.forEach(urlRule => {
let newHref = "error";
if (element.href && urlRule.matchRegex.test(element.href)) {
newHref = element.href.replace(urlRule.matchRegex, urlRule.replaceWith);
element.href = newHref;
// Check if text content update is needed
if (rule.updateText) {
let textContent = rule.useTopLevelDomain ? extractTopLevelDomain(newHref, rule.containProtocol) : newHref;
element.textContent = textContent;
}
// Check if child text content update is needed
if (rule.updateChildText && rule.childSelector) {
let childElement = element.querySelector(rule.childSelector);
if (childElement) {
let textContent = rule.useTopLevelDomain ? extractTopLevelDomain(newHref, rule.containProtocol) : newHref;
childElement.textContent = textContent;
}
}
}
});
});
});
}
};
// Function to extract top-level domain from a URL
const extractTopLevelDomain = (url, containProtocol) => {
let regex = containProtocol ? /^(https?:\/\/[^\/]+)/ : /^(?:https?:\/\/)?([^\/]+)/;
let matches = url.match(regex);
return matches ? matches[1] : url;
};
// Improved function to determine the search engine
const getSearchEngine = () => {
let host = window.location.host;
for (let engine in searchEngines) {
if (searchEngines[engine].some(instanceHost => host.includes(instanceHost))) {
return engine;
}
}
};
// Run the script for the current search engine
const currentEngine = getSearchEngine();
if (currentEngine) {
modifyUrls(currentEngine);
// Observe DOM changes to handle dynamic content
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => modifyUrls(currentEngine));
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
}
})();