Cleans/removes tracking or garbage parameters from URLs
npm install @protontech/tidy-urlA Node Package & Userscript that removes tracking or garbage parameters from URLs making them shorter, cleaner and a lot nicer to read.
You can use this automatically in the browser with the userscript.
- Node Package Manager (NPM)
- Browser (userscript)
- jsDelivr
``
npm install tidy-url
`js`
import { TidyURL } from 'tidy-url';
// or
const { TidyURL } = require('tidy-url');
Then pass it a URL and let the magic happen:
`js`
const link = TidyURL.clean('https://open.spotify.com/track/1hhZQVLXpg10ySFQFxGbih?si=-k8RwDQwTCK923jxZuy07w&utm_source=copy-link');
console.log(link.url); // https://open.spotify.com/track/1hhZQVLXpg10ySFQFxGbih
You can validate a URL using the validate function.
`js`
TidyURL.validate('https://example.com'); // true
TidyURL.validate('cat'); // false
TidyURL.validate('google.com'); // false (protocol is required!)
By default, tidy-url will remove redirect parameters and AMP links if the rule supports it.
You can disable this feature with allowRedirects and allowAMP.
Examples:
`ts
// These are the defaults.
TidyURL.config.setMany({
allowAMP: false,
allowRedirects: true
});
TidyURL.clean('https://www.google.com/amp/s/github.com');
TidyURL.clean('https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://github.com');
// Result for both: https://github.com
`
_More info about AMP on the wiki_.
You will always receive a valid response, even if nothing was modified. For example:
`js
const link = TidyURL.clean('https://duckduckgo.com/this-is-fine');
link.url; // https://duckduckgo.com/this-is-fine
link.info.reduction; // 0 (percent)
`
You can view all custom supported sites here.
However, the global rules will be enough to work with thousands of sites around the internet. You should be able to pass any URL for cleaning.
Request direct support for a website here
The response will always be an object with details of what was cleaned or modified in the URL.
This can be used for debugging, testing or a simple way of letting users know they could have sent a shorter link.
`json`
{
"url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/1hhZQVLXpg10ySFQFxGbih",
"info": {
"original": "https://open.spotify.com/track/1hhZQVLXpg10ySFQFxGbih?si=-k8RwDQwTCK923jxZuy07w&utm_source=copy-link",
"reduction": 47,
"difference": 47,
"replace": [],
"removed": [
{
"key": "utm_source",
"value": "copy-link"
},
{
"key": "si",
"value": "-k8RwDQwTCK923jxZuy07w"
}
],
"match": [
{
"rules": ["si", "utm_source", "context"],
"replace": [],
"redirect": "",
"name": "spotify.com",
"match": "/open.spotify.com/i"
}
],
"decoded": null,
"isNewHost": false,
"fullClean": true
}
}
Turn these monstrosities:
`
https://poetsroad.bandcamp.com/?from=search&search_item_id=1141951669&search_item_type=b&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=1748155363&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=a9a9cbdfc454df7c2999f097dc8a216b
https://www.audible.com/pd/Project-Hail-Mary-Audiobook/B08G9PRS1K?plink=GZIIiCHG0Uo5V8ND&ref=a_hp_c9_adblp13nmpxxp13n-mpl-dt-c_1_2&pf_rd_p=164101a8-2aab-4c5e-91ee-1f39e10719e6&pf_rd_r=2Q5R6VH8HJAD48PSQRS4
https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Theatre-Sessions-Poets-Fall/dp/B08NT852YT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Poets+of+the+fall&qid=1621684985&sr=8-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/1hhZQVLXpg10ySFQFxGbih?si=-k8RwDQwTCK923jxZuy07w&utm_source=copy-link
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001913861188.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.b1c55e86sFKsxH&algo_pvid=b4648621-2371-4d1e-9a9c-89b4d6c59395&algo_expid=b4648621-2371-4d1e-9a9c-89b4d6c59395-0&btsid=0b0a556816216865399393168e562d&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://www.google.com/search?q=cat&source=hp&ei=AwGpYKzyE7uW4-EPy_CnSA&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYKkPE4rmSi0Im0sHgmOVb3DYosyq2B0B&oq=cat&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQguEJMCMgIILjICCAAyAggAMgIILjICCAAyAggAMgIILjICCC4yAgguOggIABDqAhCPAToLCC4QxwEQowIQkwI6CAguEMcBEKMCUNgEWIQHYMwIaAFwAHgAgAHIAYgB2ASSAQMyLTOYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEK&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjs_9PdrN3wAhU7yzgGHUv4CQkQ4dUDCAY&uact=5
https://www.emjcd.com/links-i/?d=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%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QCFCLUhqbUVVVVc2Vm53OGdFMi15NU1vSzloWkZveGcyUXxBQ3Jtc0tsR143azQxRVpxZ3lUampXUEkyaTdpdy1reU1OVGcyb3pmOUhzU22Ldm5QZ0tueEMzMy1TQTA1Mm85SEpCUW14UHlq11ZCUVlhU3QzdW52U2Uyd01pbTVINDRjNlhf124ySEZqMHBJbnFEWDdiMTNUVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftomscott.com%2F&v=k7fXbdRH9v4
`
Into these:
`
https://poetsroad.bandcamp.com/
https://www.audible.com/pd/Project-Hail-Mary-Audiobook/B08G9PRS1K
https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Theatre-Sessions-Poets-Fall/dp/B08NT852YT
https://open.spotify.com/track/1hhZQVLXpg10ySFQFxGbih
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001913861188.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=cat
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Moonlight-Season-1/133120
https://tomscott.com/
``
Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome and greatly appreciated!
Feel free to check issues page.
If you find a website that is not supported, please create an issue and I'll be more than happy to add it.
This project was made by Kain (ksir.pw)
Feel free to contact me if you have any trouble with this package.