Watch theYNC Underground videos without needing an account
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// ==UserScript==
// @name theYNC.com Underground bypass
// @description Watch theYNC Underground videos without needing an account
// @namespace Violentmonkey Scripts
// @match *://*.theync.com/*
// @match *://theync.com/*
// @match *://*.theync.net/*
// @match *://theync.net/*
// @match *://*.theync.org/*
// @match *://theync.org/*
// @match *://archive.ph/*
// @match *://archive.today/*
// @include /https?:\/\/web\.archive\.org\/web\/\d+?\/https?:\/\/theync\.(?:com|org|net)/
// @require https://update.greasyfork.org/scripts/523012/1519437/WaitForKeyElement.js
// @grant GM.xmlHttpRequest
// @connect media.theync.com
// @connect archive.org
// @grant GM_addStyle
// @grant GM_log
// @grant GM_addElement
// @version 9.1
// @supportURL https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/520352-theync-com-underground-bypass/feedback
// @license MIT
// @author https://greasyfork.org/en/users/1409235-paywalldespiser
// ==/UserScript==
/**
* Fetches available archives of a given address and retrieves their URLs.
*
* @param {string} address
* @returns {Promise<string>}
*/
function queryArchive(address) {
try {
const url = new URL('https://archive.org/wayback/available');
url.searchParams.append('url', address);
return GM.xmlHttpRequest({
method: 'GET',
url,
redirect: 'follow',
responseType: 'json',
})
.then((result) => {
if (result.status >= 300) {
console.error(result.status);
return Promise.reject(result);
}
return result;
})
.then((result) => result.response)
.then((result) => {
if (
result.archived_snapshots &&
result.archived_snapshots.closest
) {
return result.archived_snapshots.closest.url;
}
return Promise.reject();
});
} catch (e) {
return Promise.reject();
}
}
/**
* Checks whether a URL is valid and accessible.
*
* @param {string?} address
* @returns {Promise<string>}
*/
function isValidURL(address) {
if (!address) {
return Promise.reject(address);
}
try {
const url = new URL(address);
return GM.xmlHttpRequest({ url, method: 'HEAD' }).then((result) => {
if (result.status === 404) {
return Promise.reject(address);
}
return address;
});
} catch {
return Promise.reject(address);
}
}
/**
* Tries to guess the video URL of a given theYNC video via the thumbnail URL.
* Only works on videos published before around May 2023.
*
* @param {Element} element
* @returns {string?}
*/
function getTheYNCVideoURL(element) {
/**
* @type {string | undefined | null}
*/
const thumbnailURL = element.querySelector('.image > img')?.src;
if (thumbnailURL) {
for (const [, group_url] of thumbnailURL.matchAll(
/^https?:\/\/(?:media\.theync\.(?:com|org|net)|(www\.)?theync\.(?:com|org|net)\/media)\/thumbs\/(.+?)\.(?:flv|mpg|wmv|avi|3gp|qt|mp4|mov|m4v|f4v)/gim
)) {
if (group_url) {
return 'https://media.theync.com/videos/' + group_url + '.mp4';
}
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Retrieves the video URL from a theYNC video page
*
* @param {Element} [element=document]
* @returns {string?}
*/
function retrieveVideoURL(element = document) {
if (location.host === 'archive.ph' || location.host === 'archive.today') {
const attribute = element
.querySelector('[id="thisPlayer"] video[old-src]')
?.getAttribute('old-src');
if (attribute) {
return attribute;
}
}
/**
* @type {string | null | undefined}
*/
const videoSrc = element.querySelector(
'.stage-video > .inner-stage video[src]'
)?.src;
if (videoSrc) {
return videoSrc;
}
const playerSetupScript = element.querySelector(
'[id=thisPlayer] + script'
)?.textContent;
if (playerSetupScript) {
// TODO: Find a non-regex solution to this that doesn't involve eval
for (const [, videoURL] of playerSetupScript.matchAll(
/(?<=file\:) *?"(?:https?:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/\d+?\/)?(https?:\/\/(?:(?:www\.)?theync\.(?:com|org|net)\/media|media.theync\.(?:com|org|net))\/videos\/.+?\.(?:flv|mpg|wmv|avi|3gp|qt|mp4|mov|m4v|f4v))"/gim
)) {
if (videoURL) {
return decodeURIComponent(videoURL);
}
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Retrieves the video URL from an archived YNC URL
*
* @param {string} archiveURL
* @returns {Promise<string>}
*/
function getVideoURLFromArchive(archiveURL) {
return GM.xmlHttpRequest({ url: archiveURL, method: 'GET' })
.then((result) => {
if (result.status >= 300) {
console.error(result.status);
return Promise.reject(result);
}
return result;
})
.then((result) => {
// Initialize the DOM parser
const parser = new DOMParser();
// Parse the text
const doc = parser.parseFromString(
result.responseText,
'text/html'
);
// You can now even select part of that html as you would in the regular DOM
// Example:
// const docArticle = doc.querySelector('article').innerHTML
const videoURL = retrieveVideoURL(doc);
if (videoURL) {
return videoURL;
}
return Promise.reject();
});
}
(function () {
'use strict';
const allowedExtensions = [
'flv',
'mpg',
'wmv',
'avi',
'3gp',
'qt',
'mp4',
'mov',
'm4v',
'f4v',
];
GM_addStyle(`
.loader {
border: 0.25em solid #f3f3f3;
border-top: 0.25em solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
border-radius: 50%;
width: 1em;
height: 1em;
animation: spin 2s linear infinite;
}
@keyframes spin {
0% {
transform: rotate(0deg);
}
100% {
transform: rotate(360deg);
}
}
.border-gold {
display: flex !important;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 1em;
}
`);
waitForKeyElement(
'[id="content"],[id="related-videos"] .content-block'
).then(async (contentBlock) => {
for (const element of contentBlock.querySelectorAll(
'.upgrade-profile > .upgrade-info-block > .image-block'
)) {
isValidURL(getTheYNCVideoURL(element)).then(
(url) => (location.href = url)
);
}
for (/** @type {HTMLLinkElement} */ const element of contentBlock.querySelectorAll(
'.inner-block > a'
)) {
const undergroundLogo = element.querySelector(
'.item-info > .border-gold'
);
if (!undergroundLogo) {
continue;
}
const loadingElement = GM_addElement('div');
loadingElement.classList.add('loader');
undergroundLogo.appendChild(loadingElement);
await isValidURL(getTheYNCVideoURL(element))
.then(
(url) => ({
url: url,
text: 'BYPASSED',
color: 'green',
}),
() => {
/**
* @type {RegExpMatchArray | null}
*/
const match = element.href.match(
/(^https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?theync\.)(?:com|org|net)(\/.*$)/im
);
if (!match?.[1]) {
return Promise.reject(
'Error with the URL: ' + element.href
);
}
const [, secondLevelDomain, path] = match;
return ['com', 'org', 'net']
.reduce(
/**
* @param {Promise<string>} accumulator
* @param {string} currentTLD
* @returns {Promise<string>}
*/
(accumulator, currentTLD) =>
accumulator.catch(() =>
queryArchive(
secondLevelDomain +
currentTLD +
path
)
),
Promise.reject()
)
.then((archiveURL) =>
getVideoURLFromArchive(archiveURL).then(
(videoURL) => ({
url: videoURL,
text: 'ARCHIVED',
color: 'blue',
}),
() => ({
url: archiveURL,
text: 'MAYBE ARCHIVED',
color: 'aqua',
})
)
);
}
)
.catch(() => ({
url:
'https://archive.ph/' +
encodeURIComponent(element.href),
text: 'Try archive.today',
color: 'red',
}))
.then(({ url, text, color }) => {
undergroundLogo.textContent = text;
undergroundLogo.style.backgroundColor = color;
element.href = url;
})
.finally(() => loadingElement.remove());
}
});
waitForKeyElement('[id="stage"]:has([id="thisPlayer"])').then((stage) => {
const videoURL = retrieveVideoURL();
if (videoURL) {
stage.innerHTML = '';
stage.style.textAlign = 'center';
const video = GM_addElement(stage, 'video', {
controls: 'controls',
});
video.style.width = 'auto';
video.style.height = '100%';
const source = GM_addElement(video, 'source');
source.src = videoURL;
source.type = 'video/mp4';
}
});
})();