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+"# Bypass Paywalls for Chrome" 

background.js

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+'use strict';
+
+var defaultSites = {
+  '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'
+};
+
+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'
+]
+
+// Removes cookies after page load
+var remove_cookies = [
+'theaustralian.com.au',
+'asia.nikkei.com',
+'couriermail.com.au'
+]
+
+function setDefaultOptions() {
+  chrome.storage.sync.set({
+    sites: defaultSites
+  }, function() {
+    chrome.tabs.create({ 'url': 'chrome://extensions/?options=' + chrome.runtime.id });
+  });
+}
+
+
+var blockedRegexes = [
+/.+:\/\/.+\.tribdss\.com\//,
+/thenation\.com\/.+\/paywall-script\.php/
+];
+
+var enabledSites = [];
+
+// Get the enabled sites
+chrome.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
+chrome.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
+chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function (details) {
+  if (details.reason == "install") {
+    setDefaultOptions();
+  } else if (details.reason == "update") {
+    // User updated extension
+  }
+});
+
+
+chrome.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
+    chrome.tabs.executeScript(tabId, {
+      file: 'contentScript.js',
+      runAt: 'document_start'
+    }, function(res) {
+      if (chrome.runtime.lastError || res[0]) {
+        return;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  return { requestHeaders: requestHeaders };
+}, {
+  urls: ['<all_urls>']
+}, ['blocking', 'requestHeaders']);
+
+// remove cookies after page load
+chrome.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
+    }
+    chrome.cookies.getAll({domain: domainVar}, function(cookies) {
+      for (var i=0; i<cookies.length; i++) {
+        chrome.cookies.remove({url: cookies[i].secure ? "https://" : "http://" + cookies[i].domain + cookies[i].path, name: cookies[i].name});
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}, {
+  urls: ["<all_urls>"]
+});
+
+var _gaq = _gaq || [];
+_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-69824169-2']);
+_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
+
+(function() {
+  var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
+  ga.src = 'https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
+  var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
+})();

bypass.svg

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg fill="currentColor" width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 40 40" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" style="vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;" data-reactid=".0.4:$/=10.2.0">
+  <g data-reactid=".0.4:$/=10.2.0.0">
+    <path d="m20 12.5h-7.5v7.5h7.5v-7.5z m2.5 12.5v2.5h-12.5v-2.5h12.5z m0-15v12.5h-12.5v-12.5h12.5z m12.5 15v2.5h-10v-2.5h10z m0-5v2.5h-10v-2.5h10z m0-5v2.5h-10v-2.5h10z m0-5v2.5h-10v-2.5h10z m-30 18.75v-18.75h-2.5v18.75q0 0.5075000000000003 0.37124999999999986 0.8787500000000001t0.8787500000000001 0.37124999999999986 0.8787500000000001-0.37124999999999986 0.37124999999999986-0.8787500000000001z m32.5 0v-21.25h-30v21.25q0 0.6449999999999996-0.21499999999999986 1.25h28.965q0.5075000000000003 0 0.8787499999999966-0.37124999999999986t0.3712500000000034-0.8787500000000001z m2.5-23.75v23.75q0 1.5625-1.09375 2.65625t-2.65625 1.09375h-32.5q-1.5625 0-2.65625-1.09375t-1.09375-2.65625v-21.25h5v-2.5h35z" data-reactid=".0.4:$/=10.2.0.0.0"></path>
+  </g>
+</svg>

changelog.txt

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+Updates--
+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)

contentScript.js

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+window.localStorage.clear();

manifest.json

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+{
+	"background": {
+		"scripts": ["background.js"]
+	},
+	"content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'",
+	"browser_action": {
+		"default_popup": "popup.html"
+	},
+	"description": "Bypass News Sites' Paywalls",
+	"icons": {
+		"128": "bypass.png"
+	},
+	"manifest_version": 2,
+	"name": "Bypass Paywalls",
+	"short_name": "Bypass Paywall",
+	"options_ui": {
+		"chrome_style": true,
+		"page": "options.html"
+	},
+
+	"permissions": [ "cookies",
+		"*://*.baltimoresun.com/", "*://*.barrons.com/", "*://*.chicagobusiness.com/", "*://*.chicagotribune.com/", "*://*.dailypress.com/", "*://*.economist.com/", "*://*.ft.com/", "*://*.courant.com/", "*://*.hbr.org/", "*://*.inc.com/", "*://*.jacksonville.com/", "*://*.latimes.com/", "*://*.mcall.com/", "*://*.medscape.com/", "*://*.newyorker.com/", "*://*.orlandosentinel.com/", "*://*.quora.com/", "*://*.telegraph.co.uk/", "*://*.theage.com.au/", "*://*.thenation.com/", "*://*.tribdss.com/", "*://*.smh.com.au/", "*://*.sun-sentinel.com/", "*://*.washingtonpost.com/", "*://*.wsj.com/", "*://*.seattletimes.com/", "*://*.glassdoor.com/", "*://*.nytimes.com/", "*://.theaustralian.com.au/", "*://*.theaustralian.com.au/", "*://*.nikkei.com/", "*://*.technologyreview.com/", "*://*.nrc.nl/", "*://*.couriermail.com.au/", "*://.couriermail.com.au/", "storage", "webRequest", "webRequestBlocking"],
+	"version": "1.0.4"
+}

options.html

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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>

options.js

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+var defaultSites = {
+  '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'
+};
+
+// Saves options to chrome.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;
+  }, {});
+
+  chrome.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();
+    }, 800);
+  });
+}
+
+// Restores checkbox input states using the preferences
+// stored in chrome.storage.
+function renderOptions() {
+  chrome.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);
+

popup.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<body>
+<div style="width:180px;">Bypass Paywalls by Adam</div>
+</body>
+</html>