Add a ! to the end of your google search to perform a lucky search
// ==UserScript== // @name Google Lucky Bang // @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/8615-joeytwiddle // @version 1.0.3 // @description Add a ! to the end of your google search to perform a lucky search // @author joeytwiddle // This is supposed to be all google search sites. Copied from faviconizegoogle.user.js // But then I also added /url pages, to catch "Redirect Notice"s // @include /https?:\/\/((www\.)?|encrypted\.)google\.[a-z]{2,3}(\.[a-z]{2})?\/(search|webhp|\?gws_rd|\?gfe_rd|url)?.*/ // TODO This currently acts on pages which do not support lucky search (e.g. Google Images). Ideally we would activate only on pages where we can actually help! // @grant GM_setValue // @grant GM_getValue // @run-at document-start // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; const params = {}; document.location.search.slice(1).split('&').forEach(pair => { const [key, value] = pair.split('='); params[decodeURIComponent(key)] = decodeURIComponent(value); }); // If we are on a search page, and the query ends with "!", then change to a lucky search (and remove the "!") if (document.location.pathname === '/search') { if (params.q && params.q.slice(-1) === '!') { const newQuery = params.q.slice(0, -1); console.log("Doing lucky search for:", newQuery); // Store the time GM_setValue('lucky_search_initiated', String(Date.now())); // Example lucky URL: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNS3YpGqRlxp6MfsZ-8oYSGTyllGOA%3A1569379745064&source=hp&ei=odWKXeO0Af_B3LUPoNaDuAQ&q=test%21&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&oq=test%21&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i131j0l9.9511.10195..14336...0.0..0.69.340.6......0....1..gws-wiz.....10..35i362i39j35i39j0i67j0i131i67.HtcsjjxXywM //const newUrl = `${document.location.origin}/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(newQuery)}&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky`; const { origin, pathname, search } = document.location; const newUrl = `${origin}${pathname}${search.replace(/\bq=[^&]*/, `q=${encodeURIComponent(newQuery)}`)}&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky`; //document.location.replace(newUrl); document.location.assign(newUrl); } } // Problem: After the above code, Google was taking us to a "Redirect Notice" page. // "The page you were on is trying to send you to ..." // Solution: If we are on a "Redirect Notice" page, and within a reasonable time window of a lucky search, then automatically follow the link if (document.location.pathname === '/url') { const startTime = Number(GM_getValue('lucky_search_initiated')); if (typeof startTime === 'number' && startTime >= Date.now() - 15 * 1000 && startTime <= Date.now()) { const url = params.q; if (url) { console.log("Automatically following the redirect to:", url); GM_setValue('lucky_search_initiated', ''); //document.location.replace(url); document.location.assign(url); } } } })();