Redirect YouTube channel to /videos

Redirect a YouTube channel home page straight to the videos tab.

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You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        Redirect YouTube channel to /videos
// @namespace   https://stojanow.com/
// @match       *://youtube.com/*
// @match       *://*.youtube.com/*
// @exclude     *://studio.youtube.com/*
// @run-at      document-start
// @grant       none
// @version     0.3.1
// @author      Piotr Stojanow (https://github.com/psto/)
// @license     MIT
// @description Redirect a YouTube channel home page straight to the videos tab.
// @icon        https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoiMtJG_PC4lsb3-GZAiTZkUXAm3VlkJC1Ag&s
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
  'use strict';

  const excludedPaths = ['/videos', '/community', '/live', '/playlists', '/search', '/podcasts', '/shorts', '/streams'];
  let isRedirecting = false;
  let lastCheckedPath = '';

  function redirectIfNeeded() {
    const currentPath = window.location.pathname;

    if (isRedirecting || currentPath === lastCheckedPath) return;
    lastCheckedPath = currentPath;

    /**
    * Regex to capture the base path of any valid YouTube channel URL format:
    * @handle, /c/channel, /user/legacy, /channel/
    */
    const channelMatch = currentPath.match(/^(\/@[\w.-]+|\/(?:channel|c|user)\/[^/]+)/);

    if (channelMatch) {
      const channelBasePath = channelMatch[0];
      const shouldBeExcluded = excludedPaths.some(suffix => currentPath.startsWith(channelBasePath + suffix));

      if (!shouldBeExcluded) {
        isRedirecting = true;
        const newUrl = `https://www.youtube.com${channelBasePath}/videos`;
        window.location.href = newUrl;
      }
    }
  }

  // Observe changes in the DOM to trigger redirection if needed
  const observer = new MutationObserver(redirectIfNeeded);
  observer.observe(document, { subtree: true, childList: true });

  // Initial check for redirection
  redirectIfNeeded();
})();