* initial commit

content_script.js

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+function getUrl(e) {
+	var target = e.target;
+	console.log(e);
+	while ((target.tagName != "A" || !target.href) && target.parentNode) {
+		target = target.parentNode;
+	}
+	if (target.tagName != "A") return;
+	if (target.href.startsWith("https://t.co")) {
+		let url = '';
+		e.preventDefault();
+		console.log(e.target.children);
+		url = e.target.textContent.replace("…","")
+		if(url.startsWith("http")) {
+			window.open(url, '_blank');
+		} else {
+			window.open(target.href, '_blank'); // opengraph cards don't contain the original URLs
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+window.addEventListener("click", getUrl);

manifest.json

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+{
+  "manifest_version": 2,
+  "name": "Twitter t.co remover",
+  "description": "recovers original URLs where possible",
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "icons": {
+    "64": "icons/icon.png"
+  },
+  "content_scripts": [
+    {
+      "matches": [
+        "*://*.twitter.com/*",
+        "*://twitter.com/*"
+      ],
+      "js": [
+        "content_script.js"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}