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NPR.org HTML5 player

Listen to NPR without having to install Flash, downloads, no ads.

As of 2016-03-08. See the latest version.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name        NPR.org HTML5 player
  3. // @description Listen to NPR without having to install Flash, downloads, no ads.
  4. // @namespace   https://greatest.deepsurf.us/users/4813-swyter
  5. // @match       *://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html*
  6. // @version     2016.03.08
  7. // @grant       GM_addStyle
  8. // @run-at      document-start
  9. // ==/UserScript==
  10.  
  11. // https://api.npr.org/query?id=466555217&format=json&apiKey=MDAzMzQ2MjAyMDEyMzk4MTU1MDg3ZmM3MQ010
  12.  
  13. // http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=466555217&m=468149502
  14. // http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=468901493&m=468940337
  15. // http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=468933562&m=469337177&live=1
  16. // http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=2&t=1&islist=false&id=469027281&m=469383445
  17.  
  18. /* if there's no ID just redirect to this neat HTML5 page with 24h news */
  19. try
  20. {
  21.   id = location.search.split('id=')[1].split('&')[0];
  22. }
  23. catch(e)
  24. {
  25.   location.href = 'https://npr.today';
  26. }
  27.  
  28. window.xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
  29. xhr.open('GET', 'https://api.npr.org/query?id=' + id + '&format=json&apiKey=MDAzMzQ2MjAyMDEyMzk4MTU1MDg3ZmM3MQ010');
  30. xhr.responseType = 'json';
  31. xhr.onload = function(e)
  32. {
  33.   console.log(this.response);
  34.  
  35.   container = document.createElement("fieldset");
  36.   divholder = document.createElement("article");
  37.   selector = document.createElement("select");
  38.   aplayer = document.createElement("audio");
  39.  
  40.   /* replace the Flash warning with our HTML5 player */
  41.   flash_sucks = document.querySelector('#homepageFlash, body');
  42.   flash_sucks.parentElement.replaceChild(container, flash_sucks);
  43.  
  44.   /* add our visible title */
  45.   legend = document.createElement("legend");
  46.   legend.textContent = this.response.list.story[0].title.$text;
  47.  
  48.   /* set a related image in the left side */
  49.   divholder.style.backgroundImage = "url(" + this.response.list.story[0].image[0].src + ")";
  50.  
  51.   /* set a default song */
  52.   aplayer.controls = true;
  53.  
  54.   /* ten songs seen at once */
  55.   selector.size = 10;
  56.  
  57.   audios=this.response.list.story[0].audio;
  58.  
  59.   /* fill out the list box with the tracklist */
  60.   for(var entry in audios)
  61.   {
  62.     console.log("=> ", entry % 11, audios[entry]);
  63.  
  64.     elem = document.createElement("option");
  65.     elem.value = audios[entry].title.$text;
  66.     
  67.     len = audios[entry].duration.$text;
  68.     
  69.     len = (len / 60|0) + ":" + ('00' + (len % 60 | 0)).substr(-2);
  70.     
  71.  
  72.     selector.add(new Option(((entry|0) + 1) + ". " + audios[entry].title.$text + " — " + len, entry));
  73.   }
  74.  
  75.   container.appendChild(legend);
  76.   container.appendChild(divholder);
  77.   
  78.   divholder.appendChild(selector);
  79.   divholder.appendChild(aplayer);
  80.   
  81.   /* play the sound track selected in the list box */
  82.   selector.onchange = function(e)
  83.   {
  84.     index = e.explicitOriginalTarget.value;
  85.     
  86.     console.log("(*)", e, xhr.response.list.story[0].audio[index].format.mp3[0].$text);
  87.  
  88.     aplayer.src = xhr.response.list.story[0].audio[index].format.mp3[0].$text;
  89.     aplayer.play();
  90.   };
  91.  
  92.   /* skip to the next song/audio in the playlist once the current one has finished */
  93.   aplayer.addEventListener('ended', function(e)
  94.   {
  95.     console.log("(/)", e, selector.value, (selector.value + 1) % (selector.options.length) );
  96.  
  97.     /* don't do anything if there's just a single item */
  98.     if (selector.length <= 1)
  99.       return;
  100.  
  101.     /* wrap around with the modulo operator looping back last->first */
  102.     selector.value++; //selector %= selector.options.length;
  103.     
  104.     console.log(selector.value, selector.options[selector.value]);
  105.     
  106.     /* as stupid as it looks like, javascript is a flaming pit of madness */
  107.     selector.onchange({explicitOriginalTarget: selector.options[selector.value]});
  108.   });
  109.   
  110.   /* autostart from the first song */
  111.   selector.options[0].selected = true;
  112.   selector.onchange({explicitOriginalTarget: selector.options[0]});
  113. };
  114.  
  115. xhr.send();
  116.  
  117. GM_addStyle("audio, select {display:block; width:100%;} \
  118.                    article {padding-left:240px; background-size: 240px auto; background-repeat: no-repeat;} \
  119.                     legend {font-size: medium; padding: 5px; color: #4067b2; background: #EBEBEB url('http://media.npr.org/chrome/news/npr-home.png') repeat-y scroll 0px 0px / 88px auto; padding-left: 93px; left: -88px; background-position: left bottom; margin-left: 152px;} \
  120.                          * {font-family: 'Gotham SSm',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif !important;} \
  121.   @media(max-width: 480px) {article {padding-left:0}  legend {margin-left:0}}");
  122.  
  123. /* will this generated stylesheet used in the main site last? who knows */
  124. document.querySelector("link[rel=stylesheet]").href = 'https://s.npr.org/templates/css/generated/fingerprint/persistent-73cb243d716b971f095c14e7dfdb3432d2ecb623.css';