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"# README"
Updates--
2017-06-15 v1.08: Added browser_action icon, removed Barron's, fixed Financial Times (ft.com), added options link to popup
2017-05-14: Ported to Firefox
2017-04-16: Added MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com), NRC (nrc.nl), The Courier Mail (couriermail.com.au).
2017-04-05: Added 'Nikkei Asian Review'.
2017-02-25: If you are trying to view NYT articles or tired of the WSJ popup, try installing an adblocker (I recommend 'uBlock Origin').
2017-02-16: Added 'The Australian'.
2017-02-09: WSJ working again (bypass paywall)! Also added glassdoor, nytimes, seattletimes.
Bypass the following sites' paywalls:
The Age (theage.com.au)
The Australian (theaustralian.com.au)
Baltimore Sun (baltimoresun.com)
Barron's (barrons.com)
Crain's Chicago Business (chicagobusiness.com)
Chicago Tribune (chicagotribune.com)
Daily Press (dailypress.com)
The Economist (economist.com)
Financial Times (ft.com)
Glassdoor (glassdoor.com)
Hartford Courant (courant.com)
Harvard Business Review (hbr.org)
Inc.com (inc.com)
Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Medscape (medscape.com)
MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com)
Nikkei Asian Review (asia.nikkei.com)
NRC (nrc.nl)
The Courier Mail (couriermail.com.au)
The Morning Call (mcall.com)
The Nation (thenation.com)
The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The New Yorker (newyorker.com)
OrlandoSentinel (orlandosentinel.com)
Quora (quora.com)
SunSentinel (sun-sentinel.com)
The Seattle Times (seattletimes.com)
The Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com.au)
The Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk)
The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)
The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com)

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'use strict';
var defaultSites = {
'The Age': 'theage.com.au',
'The Australian': 'theaustralian.com.au',
'Baltimore Sun': 'baltimoresun.com',
'Crain\'s Chicago Business': 'chicagobusiness.com',
'Chicago Tribune': 'chicagotribune.com',
'Daily Press': 'dailypress.com',
'The Economist': 'economist.com',
'Financial Times': 'ft.com',
'Glassdoor': 'glassdoor.com',
'Hartford Courant': 'courant.com',
'Harvard Business Review': 'hbr.org',
'Inc.com': 'inc.com',
'Los Angeles Times': 'latimes.com',
'Medscape': 'medscape.com',
'MIT Technology Review': 'technologyreview.com',
'Nikkei Asian Review': 'asia.nikkei.com',
'NRC': 'nrc.nl',
'The Courier Mail': 'couriermail.com.au',
'The Morning Call': 'mcall.com',
'The Nation': 'thenation.com',
'The New York Times': 'nytimes.com',
'The New Yorker': 'newyorker.com',
'OrlandoSentinel': 'orlandosentinel.com',
'Quora': 'quora.com',
'SunSentinel': 'sun-sentinel.com',
'The Seattle Times': 'seattletimes.com',
'The Sydney Morning Herald': 'smh.com.au',
'The Telegraph': 'telegraph.co.uk',
'The Washington Post': 'washingtonpost.com',
'The Wall Street Journal': 'wsj.com'
};
var restrictions = {
'barrons.com': 'barrons.com/articles'
}
// Don't remove cookies before page load
var allow_cookies = [
'theaustralian.com.au',
'asia.nikkei.com',
'nytimes.com',
'wsj.com',
'couriermail.com.au',
'ft.com'
]
// Removes cookies after page load
var remove_cookies = [
'theaustralian.com.au',
'asia.nikkei.com',
'couriermail.com.au',
'ft.com'
]
function setDefaultOptions() {
browser.storage.sync.set({
sites: defaultSites
}, function() {
browser.runtime.openOptionsPage();
// browser.tabs.create({ 'url': 'browser://extensions/?options=' + browser.runtime.id });
});
}
var blockedRegexes = [
/.+:\/\/.+\.tribdss\.com\//,
/thenation\.com\/.+\/paywall-script\.php/
];
var enabledSites = [];
// Get the enabled sites
browser.storage.sync.get({
sites: {}
}, function(items) {
var sites = items.sites;
enabledSites = Object.keys(items.sites).map(function(key) {
return items.sites[key];
});
});
// Listen for changes to options
browser.storage.onChanged.addListener(function(changes, namespace) {
var key;
for (key in changes) {
var storageChange = changes[key];
if (key === 'sites') {
var sites = storageChange.newValue;
enabledSites = Object.keys(sites).map(function(key) {
return sites[key];
});
}
}
});
// Set and show default options on install
browser.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function (details) {
if (details.reason == "install") {
setDefaultOptions();
} else if (details.reason == "update") {
// User updated extension
}
});
browser.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(function(details) {
if (blockedRegexes.some(function(regex) { return regex.test(details.url); })) {
return { cancel: true };
}
var isEnabled = enabledSites.some(function(enabledSite) {
var useSite = details.url.indexOf(enabledSite) !== -1;
if (enabledSite in restrictions) {
return useSite && details.url.indexOf(restrictions[enabledSite]) !== -1;
}
return useSite;
});
if (!isEnabled) {
return;
}
var requestHeaders = details.requestHeaders;
var tabId = details.tabId;
var setReferer = false;
// if referer exists, set it to google
requestHeaders = requestHeaders.map(function(requestHeader) {
if (requestHeader.name === 'Referer') {
if (details.url.indexOf("wsj.com") !== -1) {
requestHeader.value = 'https://www.facebook.com/';
} else {
requestHeader.value = 'https://www.google.com/';
}
setReferer = true;
}
return requestHeader;
});
// otherwise add it
if (!setReferer) {
if (details.url.indexOf("wsj.com") !== -1) {
requestHeaders.push({
name: 'Referer',
value: 'https://www.facebook.com/'
});
} else {
requestHeaders.push({
name: 'Referer',
value: 'https://www.google.com/'
});
}
}
// remove cookies before page load
requestHeaders = requestHeaders.map(function(requestHeader) {
for (var siteIndex in allow_cookies) {
if (details.url.indexOf(allow_cookies[siteIndex]) !== -1) {
return requestHeader;
}
}
if (requestHeader.name === 'Cookie') {
requestHeader.value = '';
}
return requestHeader;
});
if (tabId !== -1) {
// run contentScript inside tab
browser.tabs.executeScript(tabId, {
file: 'contentScript.js',
runAt: 'document_start'
}, function(res) {
if (browser.runtime.lastError || res[0]) {
return;
}
});
}
return { requestHeaders: requestHeaders };
}, {
urls: ['<all_urls>']
}, ['blocking', 'requestHeaders']);
// remove cookies after page load
browser.webRequest.onCompleted.addListener(function(details) {
for (var domainIndex in remove_cookies) {
var domainVar = remove_cookies[domainIndex];
if (!enabledSites.includes(domainVar) || details.url.indexOf(domainVar) === -1) {
continue; // don't remove cookies
}
browser.cookies.getAll({domain: domainVar}, function(cookies) {
for (var i=0; i<cookies.length; i++) {
browser.cookies.remove({url: cookies[i].secure ? "https://" : "http://" + cookies[i].domain + cookies[i].path, name: cookies[i].name});
}
});
}
}, {
urls: ["<all_urls>"]
});

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Updates--
2017-06-15 v1.08: Added browser_action icon, removed Barron's, fixed Financial Times (ft.com), added options link to popup
2017-05-14: Ported to Firefox
2017-04-16: Added MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com), NRC (nrc.nl), The Courier Mail (couriermail.com.au).
2017-04-05: Added 'Nikkei Asian Review'.
2017-02-25: If you are trying to view NYT articles or tired of the WSJ popup, try installing an adblocker (I recommend 'uBlock Origin').
2017-02-16: Added 'The Australian'.
2017-02-09: WSJ working again (bypass paywall)! Also added glassdoor, nytimes, seattletimes.
Bypass the following sites' paywalls:
The Age (theage.com.au)
The Australian (theaustralian.com.au)
Baltimore Sun (baltimoresun.com)
Barron's (barrons.com)
Crain's Chicago Business (chicagobusiness.com)
Chicago Tribune (chicagotribune.com)
Daily Press (dailypress.com)
The Economist (economist.com)
Financial Times (ft.com)
Glassdoor (glassdoor.com)
Hartford Courant (courant.com)
Harvard Business Review (hbr.org)
Inc.com (inc.com)
Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Medscape (medscape.com)
MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com)
Nikkei Asian Review (asia.nikkei.com)
NRC (nrc.nl)
The Courier Mail (couriermail.com.au)
The Morning Call (mcall.com)
The Nation (thenation.com)
The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The New Yorker (newyorker.com)
OrlandoSentinel (orlandosentinel.com)
Quora (quora.com)
SunSentinel (sun-sentinel.com)
The Seattle Times (seattletimes.com)
The Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com.au)
The Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk)
The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)
The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com)

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window.localStorage.clear();

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{
"background": {
"scripts": ["background.js"]
},
"applications": {
"gecko": {
"id": "iamadamdev@hotmail.com"
}
},
"browser_action": {
"default_popup": "popup.html",
"default_icon": {
"128": "bypass.png"
}
},
"description": "Bypass News Sites' Paywalls",
"icons": {
"128": "bypass.png"
},
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Bypass Paywalls",
"short_name": "Bypass Paywall",
"options_ui": {
"page": "options.html"
},
"permissions": [ "cookies", "<all_urls>", "storage", "webRequest", "webRequestBlocking"],
"version": "1.0.8"
}

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Bypass Paywalls Options</title>
<style>
#bypass_sites label {
display: block;
}
body {
width:350px;
height:600px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
Selected sites will have their cookies cleared and referer set to Google. You should
uncheck sites you have an account with or else you will be logged out at every visit.
</div>
<br/>
<div id='bypass_sites'>
</div>
<br/>
<div id="status"></div>
<div id="error"></div>
<br/>
<button id="save">Save</button>
<span style='float:right;'>
<button id="select-all">Select all</button>
<button id="select-none">Select none</button>
</span>
<script src="options.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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var defaultSites = {
'The Age': 'theage.com.au',
'The Australian': 'theaustralian.com.au',
'Baltimore Sun': 'baltimoresun.com',
'Crain\'s Chicago Business': 'chicagobusiness.com',
'Chicago Tribune': 'chicagotribune.com',
'Daily Press': 'dailypress.com',
'The Economist': 'economist.com',
'Financial Times': 'ft.com',
'Glassdoor': 'glassdoor.com',
'Hartford Courant': 'courant.com',
'Harvard Business Review': 'hbr.org',
'Inc.com': 'inc.com',
'Los Angeles Times': 'latimes.com',
'Medscape': 'medscape.com',
'MIT Technology Review': 'technologyreview.com',
'Nikkei Asian Review': 'asia.nikkei.com',
'NRC': 'nrc.nl',
'The Courier Mail': 'couriermail.com.au',
'The Morning Call': 'mcall.com',
'The Nation': 'thenation.com',
'The New York Times': 'nytimes.com',
'The New Yorker': 'newyorker.com',
'OrlandoSentinel': 'orlandosentinel.com',
'Quora': 'quora.com',
'SunSentinel': 'sun-sentinel.com',
'The Seattle Times': 'seattletimes.com',
'The Sydney Morning Herald': 'smh.com.au',
'The Telegraph': 'telegraph.co.uk',
'The Washington Post': 'washingtonpost.com',
'The Wall Street Journal': 'wsj.com'
};
// Saves options to browser.storage
function save_options() {
var gh_url = document.getElementById('bypass_sites').value;
var inputEls = document.querySelectorAll('#bypass_sites input');
var sites = {};
var sites = Array.from(inputEls).reduce(function(memo, inputEl) {
if (inputEl.checked) {
memo[inputEl.dataset.key] = inputEl.dataset.value;
}
return memo;
}, {});
browser.storage.sync.set({
sites: sites
}, function() {
// Update status to let user know options were saved.
var status = document.getElementById('status');
// status.textContent = 'Options saved.';
setTimeout(function() {
// status.textContent = '';
window.close();
}, 500);
});
}
// Restores checkbox input states using the preferences
// stored in browser.storage.
function renderOptions() {
browser.storage.sync.get({
sites: {}
}, function(items) {
var sites = items.sites;
var sitesEl = document.getElementById('bypass_sites');
for (var key in defaultSites) {
if (!defaultSites.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
continue;
}
var value = defaultSites[key];
var labelEl = document.createElement('label');
var inputEl = document.createElement('input');
inputEl.type = 'checkbox';
inputEl.dataset.key = key;
inputEl.dataset.value = value;
inputEl.checked = key in sites;
labelEl.appendChild(inputEl);
labelEl.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' '+key));
sitesEl.appendChild(labelEl);
}
});
}
function selectAll() {
var inputEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('input'));
inputEls.forEach(function(inputEl) {
inputEl.checked = true;
});
}
function selectNone() {
var inputEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('input'));
inputEls.forEach(function(inputEl) {
inputEl.checked = false;
});
}
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', renderOptions);
document.getElementById('save').addEventListener('click', save_options);
document.getElementById('select-all').addEventListener('click', selectAll);
document.getElementById('select-none').addEventListener('click', selectNone);

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div style="width:220px;">Bypass Paywalls v1.08 by Adam
<a href="options.html">Options</a></div>
</body>
</html>