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YouTube URL Commands

Change video URL to a standard YouTube video, short, or YouTube Music websites.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         YouTube URL Commands
  3. // @namespace    https://greatest.deepsurf.us/users/1201646
  4. // @version      1.0
  5. // @description  Change video URL to a standard YouTube video, short, or YouTube Music websites.
  6. // @author       lemocha
  7. // @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
  8. // @match        https://music.youtube.com/*
  9. // @match        https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/*
  10. // @icon         https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip2/youtube.com.ico
  11. // @grant        GM_registerMenuCommand
  12. // @run-at       document-idle
  13. // @license      MIT
  14. // ==/UserScript==
  15.  
  16.  
  17. (() =>
  18. {
  19. 	"use strict";
  20. 	let channel = false;
  21.  
  22. 	// register menu commands
  23. 	GM_registerMenuCommand("YouTube", () => reassignURL("youtube", "/watch?v=", true));
  24. 	GM_registerMenuCommand("Shorts", () => reassignURL("youtube", "/shorts/"));
  25. 	GM_registerMenuCommand("YouTube Music", () => reassignURL("music.youtube", "/watch?v=", true));
  26.  
  27. 	function reassignURL(url, path, channelCheck)
  28. 	{
  29. 		const id = getID();
  30. 		if (id === undefined) { return; }
  31.  
  32. 		// if viewing a youtube channel
  33. 		if (channelCheck && channel)
  34. 		{
  35. 			// format as channel URL
  36. 			path = "/channel/";
  37. 		}
  38.  
  39. 		// redirect to new URL
  40. 		window.location.assign(`https://${url}.com${path}${id}`);
  41. 	}
  42.  
  43. 	function getID()
  44. 	{
  45. 		// get subpage and URL data after it (e.g. /watch/, /shorts/, /channel/, etc.)
  46. 		const path = window.location.pathname;
  47. 		channel = path.includes("/channel/");
  48.  
  49.  
  50. 		// if video is embeded on a website
  51. 		if (window.location.hostname === "www.youtube-nocookie.com")
  52. 		{
  53. 			// trim and return video ID
  54. 			return path.split("/embed/")[1];
  55. 		}
  56. 		// if video is youtube short
  57. 		else if (path.includes("/shorts/"))
  58. 		{
  59. 			// trim and return video ID
  60. 			return path.split("/shorts/")[1];
  61. 		}
  62. 		// if channel is currently being viewed
  63. 		else if (channel)
  64. 		{
  65. 			// trim and return channel ID
  66. 			return path.split("/channel/")[1];
  67. 		}
  68. 		else
  69. 		{
  70. 			// remove from playlist, trim and return video ID
  71. 			// window.location.search is section after "watch?" in URL
  72. 			return window.location.search.split("?v=")[1].split("&list=")[0];
  73. 		}
  74. 	}
  75. })();