GreaseMonkey/TamperMonkey Userscript to bypass the NYTimes paywall (and others) by automatically redirecting to archive.is

script.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         NYTimes to Archive.is Redirector
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.1
// @description  Automatically redirects nytimes.com pages (and others) to archive.is/newest/<original_url>
// @author       Kyle
// @match        *://*.nytimes.com/*
// @match        *://*.rollingstone.com/*
// @match        *://*.wsj.com/*
// @match        *://*.theguardian.com/*
// @match        *://*.bbc.com/*
// @match        *://*.cnn.com/*
// @match        *://*.washingtonpost.com/*
// @match        *://*.theatlantic.com/*
// @match        *://*.forbes.com/*
// @match        *://*.bloomberg.com/*
// @match        *://*.ft.com/*
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document-start
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    const currentFullUrl = window.location.href;

    const urlObject = new URL(currentFullUrl);

    // Reconstruct the URL using only the protocol, hostname, and pathname
    // in order to remove query params that can cause archive.is to get confused
    const baseUrl = urlObject.origin + urlObject.pathname;
    // urlObject.origin includes protocol and hostname (e.g., "https://www.nytimes.com")
    // urlObject.pathname includes the leading slash and the path (e.g., "/2025/04/16/opinion/...")
    // so for example: 
    //`https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/harvard-university-trump.html?smtyp=cur` 
    // will change to
    //`https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/harvard-university-trump.html`

    // Construct the target archive.is URL using the cleaned URL
    const targetUrl = 'https://archive.is/newest/' + baseUrl;
    console.log(`Tampermonkey: Redirecting ${currentFullUrl} to ${targetUrl}`); // Optional logging
    // Immediately load the archive.is link
    window.location.replace(targetUrl);

})();