A poorly coded app in C++ that automatically replaces Twitter links with c.vxtwitter. Poorly updated to support X links.

clipboard2.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

/* run this program using the console pauser or add your own getch, system("pause") or input loop */

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
	bool firstRun = true;
	DWORD clipboardold;
	while(true)
	{
		if(!OpenClipboard(nullptr))
		{
			cout<<"Failed to open the clipboard."<<endl;
			Sleep(200);
			continue;
		}
		if(firstRun)
		{
			FreeConsole();
			firstRun = false;
		}
		HANDLE hClipboardData = GetClipboardData(CF_TEXT);
		if (hClipboardData == nullptr)
		{
			CloseClipboard();
			Sleep(200);
			continue;
			// cout<<"Failed to get the clipboard data."<<endl;
			// getch();
			// return 1;
		}
		char* pszText = static_cast<char*>(GlobalLock(hClipboardData));
		if(pszText == nullptr)
		{
	        cout<<"Failed to lock the clipboard data."<<endl;
	        CloseClipboard();
	        Sleep(200);
	        continue;
	    }
	    // cout << "text: " << pszText << endl;
	    
	    GlobalUnlock(hClipboardData);
	    
	    string oldtext(pszText);
	    string oldtext2 = oldtext.substr(0,20);
	    string oldtext3 = oldtext.substr(0,14);
	    string tomatch = "https://twitter.com/";
	    string tomatch2 = "https://x.com/";
	    // cout<<"1: "<<oldtext<<endl<<"2: "<<oldtext2<<endl;
	    if(oldtext2 == tomatch)
	    {
	    	// cout<<"here"<<endl;
	    	string textToCopy = "https://c.vxtwitter.com/" + oldtext.substr(20,string::npos);
	    	EmptyClipboard();
		    size_t dataSize = (textToCopy.size() + 1) * sizeof(char);
		    HGLOBAL h2ClipboardData = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dataSize);
		    
		    char* pClipboardData = static_cast<char*>(GlobalLock(h2ClipboardData));
		    memcpy(pClipboardData, textToCopy.c_str(), dataSize);
		    GlobalUnlock(hClipboardData);
		    SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, h2ClipboardData);
		    GlobalFree(h2ClipboardData);
		}
		
		else if(oldtext3 == tomatch2)
		{
			string textToCopy = "https://c.vxtwitter.com/" + oldtext.substr(14,string::npos);
	    	EmptyClipboard();
		    size_t dataSize = (textToCopy.size() + 1) * sizeof(char);
		    HGLOBAL h2ClipboardData = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dataSize);
		    
		    char* pClipboardData = static_cast<char*>(GlobalLock(h2ClipboardData));
		    memcpy(pClipboardData, textToCopy.c_str(), dataSize);
		    GlobalUnlock(hClipboardData);
		    SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, h2ClipboardData);
		    GlobalFree(h2ClipboardData);
		}
	    
	    clipboardold = GetClipboardSequenceNumber();
	    CloseClipboard();
	    Sleep(200);
		while(true)
		{
			if(clipboardold != GetClipboardSequenceNumber())
			{
				break;
			}
			Sleep(200);
		}
	}
	
	return 0;
}