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Redirect YouTube Shorts

Seamlessly redirect YouTube Shorts to the regular video player without reloading the page

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name               Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:en            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:id            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:zh-CN         Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:zh-TW         Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:ja            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:ko            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:fr            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:es            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:de            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @name:ru            Redirect YouTube Shorts
// @description        Seamlessly redirect YouTube Shorts to the regular video player without reloading the page
// @description:en     Seamlessly redirect YouTube Shorts to the regular video player without reloading the page
// @description:id     Alihkan YouTube Shorts secara otomatis ke pemutar video biasa tanpa perlu memuat ulang halaman
// @description:zh-CN  自动将 YouTube Shorts 无缝跳转到普通视频播放器,无需刷新页面
// @description:zh-TW  自動將 YouTube Shorts 無縫跳轉到一般影片播放器,無需重新整理頁面
// @description:ja     ページを再読み込みせずに YouTube Shorts を通常の動画プレーヤーで自動再生します
// @description:ko     페이지 새로고침 없이 YouTube 쇼츠를 일반 동영상 플레이어로 자동 전환합니다
// @description:fr     Redirige automatiquement les YouTube Shorts vers le lecteur classique, sans rechargement de la page
// @description:es     Redirige automáticamente YouTube Shorts al reproductor normal sin recargar la página
// @description:de     Leitet YouTube Shorts automatisch zum normalen Videoplayer um, ohne die Seite neu zu laden
// @description:ru     Автоматически перенаправляет YouTube Shorts в обычный видеоплеер без перезагрузки страницы
// @version            2.2.2
// @run-at             document-start
// @inject-into        page
// @match              https://www.youtube.com/*
// @exclude            https://*.youtube.com/live_chat*
// @exclude            https://*.youtube.com/embed*
// @exclude            https://*.youtube.com/tv*
// @icon               https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @author             Fznhq
// @namespace          https://github.com/fznhq
// @homepageURL        https://github.com/fznhq/userscript-collection
// @homepage           https://github.com/fznhq/userscript-collection
// @compatible         firefox
// @compatible         chrome
// @compatible         safari
// @compatible         opera
// @compatible         edge
// @license            GNU GPLv3
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    if (location.pathname.startsWith("/shorts")) {
        return location.replace(location.href.replace("/shorts/", "/watch?v="));
    }

    /**
     * @param {object} obj
     * @param {string} target
     * @param {any} [value]
     * @param {boolean} [parent]
     * @returns {any}
     */
    function dig(obj, target, value, parent, _parent_obj) {
        if (!obj || typeof obj !== "object") return;

        if (target in obj) {
            if (value ? obj[target] === value : !dig(obj[target], target)) {
                const output = (parent && _parent_obj) || obj;
                if (!parent || output.reelWatchEndpoint) return output;
            }
        }

        for (const k in obj) {
            const result = dig(obj[k], target, value, parent, obj);
            if (result !== undefined) return result;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param {HTMLAnchorElement} element
     * @param {string} id
     * @returns {object | undefined}
     */
    function findData(element, id) {
        while (element && element.tagName !== "YTD-APP") {
            const data = dig(element.data, "videoId", id, true);
            if (data) return data;
            element = element.parentElement;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param {string} id
     */
    function redirectShorts(id) {
        for (const element of document.querySelectorAll(`a[href*="${id}"]`)) {
            const url = (element.href = `/watch?v=${id}`);
            const data = findData(element, id);

            if (data && data.reelWatchEndpoint.videoId) {
                const metadata = dig(data, "url");
                metadata.url = url;
                metadata.webPageType = "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_WATCH";
                data.watchEndpoint = { videoId: id };
                data.reelWatchEndpoint = {};
            }
        }
    }

    const idRegex = /shorts\/([^#&?]*)/;

    function handleShorts(/** @type {MouseEvent} */ ev) {
        const url = ev.target.closest?.("a[href^='/shorts/']");
        if (url) redirectShorts(url.href.match(idRegex)[1]);
    }

    window.addEventListener("click", handleShorts, true);
    window.addEventListener("mouseover", handleShorts, true);
})();