Youtube Userscript

regex.txt

/(?<=^https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?youtube\.com\/redirect\?.*q=)(.*?)(?=(?:&.*)|$)/gm

userscript.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Youtube direct hyperlinks
// @namespace    https://github.com/SpiritAxolotl
// @version      0.1
// @description  makes hyperlinks link directly to what they say they are, no youtube middleman tracking what links you click on
// @author       Spax
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
// @match        https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*
// @match        https://m.youtube.com/*
// @match        https://music.youtube.com/*
// @icon         data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {'use strict';
  console.log("running redirect remover");
  const regex = new RegExp("(?<=^https?:\\/\\/(?:www\\.)?youtube\\.com\\/redirect\\?.*q=)(.*?)(?=(?:&.*)|$)");
  const desclinks = document.querySelector("#description-inline-expander > yt-attributed-string").getElementsByTagName("a");
  for (let i=0; desclinks && i<desclinks.length; i++) {
    const href = desclinks[i].href
    if (regex.test(href)) {
      const newhref = decodeURI(regex.match(href)[0]);
      console.log("old href: " + href);
      console.log("new href: " + newhref);
      desclinks[i].setAttribute("href", newhref);
    }
  }
  console.log("redirect remover finished!");
  //sample url
  //https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXZ6VWxET21uVklFdXRPRkhBTGWzcEZpVVFpQXxBQ3Jtc0ttVXU1djhXUS1uMGUyTUVPM3RBQmFHQVZQZHZkTy1ndmlJX2lWYVV2aG9SZ1BUc0Z1a0Q3MDM4VVJwOVptWmxXeXItN3dqVVd0dWtSam9LVGpsZml2Q1dObnRpSUpsQlBrbXBtYmgtY0dRbVY4WTl2QQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.github.com%2FSpiritAxolotl%2F58e2bc079bcae19aac379ca1b61f1a12&v=tvkxupwbFLk
})();