# rfd-redirect-stripper

rfd-redirect-stripper strips affiliate redirects from deal links posted on <https://forums.redflagdeals.com>.

## Why?

This helps navigate around broken links when using certain adblockers.

## Browser Extensions

### Chrome

The extension is available on [the chrome web store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/rfd-redirect-stripper/npnhoaofocjfjcjlglaihlhkbgaokmpa?authuser=0&hl=en).

### Firefox

The extension is available [here](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rfd-redirect-stripper/).

Ensure that permissions are granted. If this is not done, the extension will not have permission to execute.

<img width="712" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4519234/231030083-5ff5156a-deec-4e4d-8f35-ebba84a24be8.png">

### Building the extension

To build the extension, run:

```sh
npm install
npm run build
```

## Updating redirects

The browser extension will update the list of redirects by periodically fetching the latest [redirects.json](redirects.json).

Open a pull request to this repo to update the redirects.

An easy way to test regex: [regex101.com](https://regex101.com/).

New config can be tested by pointing the config url of the extension to your own branch.

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4519234/230703252-a7e09cf6-d0e5-4f54-8973-3b93d4a4a5a2.png)

For example:

```text
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davegallant/rfd-redirect-stripper/my-new-branch/redirects.json
```

## Tampermonkey Script

This was originally a [Tampermonkey](https://www.tampermonkey.net/) userscript before evolving into a browser extension.

To use as a tampermonkey script, copy [script.js](./script.js) into Tampermonkey.