adds a "Random Work" button (top right corner) when viewing works in a tag/filter or your Marked For Later list
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// ==UserScript==
// @name AO3: Jump to a Random Work
// @namespace https://greatest.deepsurf.us/en/users/906106-escctrl
// @version 0.2
// @description adds a "Random Work" button (top right corner) when viewing works in a tag/filter or your Marked For Later list
// @author escctrl
// @match *://*.archiveofourown.org/tags/*/works*
// @match *://*.archiveofourown.org/works?*
// @match *://*.archiveofourown.org/users/*/readings*show=to-read*
// @require https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.1/jquery.min.js
// @grant none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
(function($) {
'use strict';
// add a button
var button = document.createElement('li');
button.innerHTML = '<a href="#">Random Work</a>';
button.addEventListener("click", RandomWork);
if (location.href.indexOf('show=to-read') > 0) document.querySelector('div#main.readings-index ul.navigation.actions').appendChild(button);
else document.querySelector('div#main.works-index div.navigation.actions.module ul.user.navigation.actions').appendChild(button);
// when the button was pressed, read the number of works, pick a random one, and redirect there
function RandomWork() {
// Find number of pages. content of second-to-last <li> tells us
var pageCount = parseInt($('ol.pagination').first().find('li').last().prev().text() || 1);
// pick random whole number of the available pages
const pageRandom = Math.floor((Math.random() * pageCount) + 1);
// figure out which page we're currently viewing
var thisPage = location.search.match(/page=(\d)+/);
thisPage = thisPage === null ? 1 : parseInt(thisPage[1]); // match only works if URL contained a page (i.e. if not on page 1)
// check: are we currently on the randomly chosen page?
if (thisPage !== pageRandom) LoadRandomPage(pageRandom); // if not - read that page to find a random work link
else Redirect2Work($('ol.work.index.group li.work.blurb')); // if yes - skip page loads, read a random work link from this page
}
function LoadRandomPage(r) {
// build the URL of the page to load
var pageURL = location.search.indexOf('page=') > 0 ? location.href.replace(/page=(\d)+/, 'page='+r) // replace existing page number
: location.href + (location.href.indexOf('?') > 0 ? '&' : '?') + 'page='+r; // add page number if not yet in URL search parameters
// grab the list of works from the page
$.get(pageURL, function(response) {
}).done(function(response) {
Redirect2Work($(response).find('ol.work.index.group li.work.blurb'));
// if that sent us to jail, set the ao3jail marker
}).fail(function(data, textStatus, xhr) {
console.log("Random Work script has hit Retry later", data.status);
return false;
});
}
function Redirect2Work(worksList) {
// pick a random work from within the list
var pick = Math.floor((Math.random() * worksList.length) + 1);
// read that random work's URL and title
pick = $(worksList[pick-1]).find('h4 a').first();
var path = $(pick).attr('href');
var title = $(pick).text();
// jump to that work but warn the user
alert('Redirecting you to a random work: '+title);
window.location.assign(path);
}
})(jQuery);