freelancer.com country filter

freelancer_country_filter.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name      freelancer.com country filter
// @namespace https://drawcode.eu/
// @include   https://www.freelancer.com/projects/*
// @version   1
// @grant     none
// ==/UserScript==

// Commented script needs to run in web console on a job search page (e.g. in a separate Firefox profile to avoid new tab focus and tabs overflow)
// You need to be logged in because the logged out page is different and displays less jobs

/*
var links = document.getElementsByClassName("JobSearchCard-primary-heading");
var length = links.length;
var i = -1;
(function searchJobs() {
	++i;
	if (i < length) {
		if (links[i].children.length > 2) { // can decrease spam by only opening job offers with verified payment method (remove the if condition and else block if you want to see these jobs)
			window.open(links[i].firstElementChild.href);
			setTimeout(function(){searchJobs();}, 5000); // open new URL every 5 seconds (could be changed without breaking the script)
		}
		else {
			searchJobs();
		}
	}
})();
*/

// Script to use with a browser addon like Greasemonkey, to run after page load when opening a new job
// Page load is slow because the website DOM is created on the client-side with JavaScript and AJAX
// The script could be faster by using the website API directly but it could be flagged as a bot

// add or remove country codes as needed (GB is used instead of UK)
var countries = ["gb","ie","fr","de","ch","es","pt","it","be","lu","nl","dk","at","se","fi","no","is"];

var found = false;
var targetNode = document.getElementsByTagName("app-root")[0];
var config = {childList: true, subtree: true};

var callback = function(mutationsList, observer) {
	for (var i = 0; found != true; ++i) {
		if (mutationsList[i].addedNodes[0].nodeName == "FL-CARD") {
			// only search country flag if we got a correct node name
			var flag = document.getElementsByClassName("FlagImage")[0];
			if (flag) {
				found = true;
				observer.disconnect();
				
				if (!countries.includes(flag.title)) {
					window.close();
				}
			}
		}
	}
};

var observer = new MutationObserver(callback);
observer.observe(targetNode, config);