greasemonkey script to get direct link to video on msnbc.com

fmsnbc.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name            fmsnbc
// @author          ctrauma
// @namespace       http://dreamcyclestudios.com
// @description     Create a direct link to MSNBC videos to avoid poor video performance
// @twitterURL	    https://twitter.com/chalktrauma
// @homepage 	      http://dreamcyclestudios.com
// @license 	      https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
// @updateURL	      https://gist.github.com/CTrauma/a0bd3e89d8e05fd5ea3d3a92d55db702
// @downloadURL     https://gist.github.com/CTrauma/a0bd3e89d8e05fd5ea3d3a92d55db702
// @version	        0.1
// @match      	    *://*.msnbc.com/*
// @released        2017-10-18
// @updated         2017-10-18
// @compatible      Greasemonkey
// @icon 	          http://www.dreamcycle.net/favicon.ico
// @grant           GM_addStyle
// @grant           GM_getValue
// @grant           GM_setValue
// ==/UserScript==

/*
 *  Click video link to launch in new window
 *  or copy and play as a stream in VLC
*/

if (typeof jQuery === 'function') {
  console.log('Running with local copy of jQuery!')
  GM_main(jQuery)
} else {
  console.log('fetching jQuery from some 3rd-party server.')
  add_jQuery(GM_main, '3.2.1')
}

function GM_main ($) {
  console.log('jQuery is installed with no conflicts! The version is: ' + $.fn.jquery)
  var results = document.body.innerHTML.match(/(http:[\\/]+link\.theplatform\.com.*?MPEG4)/g)
  var _highest = 0
  gm_jQuery('div').each(function () {
    var _current = parseInt(gm_jQuery(this).css('zIndex'), 10)
    if (_current > _highest) {
      _highest = _current + 1
    }
  })

  if (results !== null && typeof (results[0]) !== 'undefined') {
    console.log('video found!!!')
    gm_jQuery('body').append('<div style="' +
                               'position: absolute; top: 140px;right: 40px;width:170px;height:50px;' +
                               '-webkit-border-radius: 50px 50px 0px 50px;-moz-border-radius: 50px 50px 0px 50px;' +
                               'border-radius: 50px 50px 0px 50px;border:5px solid #938e83;background:rgba(0,102,204,0.6);"' +
                               '><a target="_BLANK" style="position: relative;' +
                               'float: left;top: 50%;left: 50%;transform: translate(-50%, -50%);color: white;" href="' + results[0] + '"> VIDEO </a></div>')
  } else {
    console.log('video not found!!!')
    gm_jQuery('body').append('<div style="' +
                               'position: absolute; top: 140px;right: 40px;width:170px;height:50px;' +
                               '-webkit-border-radius: 50px 50px 0px 50px;-moz-border-radius: 50px 50px 0px 50px;' +
                               'border-radius: 50px 50px 0px 50px;border:5px solid #938e83;background:rgba(128,0,0,0.6);"' +
                               '><b style="position: relative;' +
                               'float: left;top: 50%;left: 50%;transform: translate(-50%, -50%);color: white;"> VIDEO NOT FOUND </b></div>')
  }
}

function add_jQuery (callbackFn, jqVersion) {
  var jqVersion = jqVersion || '3.2.0'
  var D = document
  var targ = D.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || D.body || D.documentElement
  var scriptNode = D.createElement('script')
  scriptNode.src = '//code.jquery.com/jquery-'
                    + jqVersion
                    + '.min.js'

  console.log(scriptNode.src)
  scriptNode.addEventListener('load', function () {
    var scriptNode = D.createElement('script')
    scriptNode.textContent =
            'var gm_jQuery  = jQuery.noConflict (true);\n'
            + '(' + callbackFn.toString() + ')(gm_jQuery);'

    targ.appendChild(scriptNode)
  }, false)
  targ.appendChild(scriptNode)
}