GitHub Gist Discover Guard: Spam Filter

#-GitHub-Gist-Discover-Guard.md

github-gist-discover-guard.mp4

app.js

// Function to remove gist elements with Arabic, Thai, or Russian characters
const removeSpams = () => {
  // Object containing character sets for Arabic, Thai, and Russian
  const charSets = {
    arabic: '[\\u0600-\\u06FF]',
    thai: '[\\u0E00-\\u0E7F]',
    russian: '[\\u0400-\\u04FF]'
  };

  // Constructing a single regex for all character sets
  const spamRegex = new RegExp(Object.values(charSets).join('|'));

  // Select and iterate through all gist elements
  document.querySelectorAll('.gist-snippet').forEach((snippet) => {
    const content = snippet.textContent;

    // Check if the content contains Arabic, Thai, or Russian characters
    if (spamRegex.test(content)) {
      // Hide the entire gist element
      snippet.style.display = 'none';
    }
  });
};

// Run the removeSpams function on page load
removeSpams();

// Event listener for pagination buttons
document.addEventListener('click', async (event) => {
  // Check if the click occurred on a pagination button
  const isPaginationButton = event.target.matches('a') && event.target.parentElement.matches('div.pagination');

  if (isPaginationButton) {
    // Wait for the new page to load (1 second delay)
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
    // Run the removeSpams function after pagination
    removeSpams();
  }
});