Remove garbage from URLs.

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Version
5.0.0
Update
December 20, 2023
Size
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Rating
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Manifest Version
2
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Permissions
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Neat URL Extension

Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as Google Analytics' utm parameters.

Example
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Before:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ioquake3-Auto-Updater&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Phoronix+(Phoronix)

After:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ioquake3-Auto-Updater

Custom rules can be added using the global format or the domain specific format (parameter@domain). A domain specific parameter would be, for example, [email protected].

Parameter rules
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A parameter is something that starts with ?. You can add your own parameter in the options of Neat URL. The ? is ommitted in the options, so a ?ved parameter becomes \"ved\". There are a few exceptions to this rule (see below)

Parameters can be global (for every domain):
utm_source

Parameters can contain @ signs (domain-specific):
[email protected]

Parameters can contain @ signs with a wildcard so every subdomain will match too:
param@*.wired.com

Parameters can contain @ signs with a wildcard at the end of a domain name (matches every domain name which begins with \"google\" and ends in an unknown suffix:
param@google.*

Parameters can also apply globally (first rule), except for a (wilcard) domain (second rule):

ref
[email protected]

The excluded domain always takes precedence. Should you include \"ref\" and \"!ref\", \"!ref\" will apply.

Other valid parameters (exceptions to the ? rule):
#xtor=RSS-8 (remove this parameter - be sure to include its value as well when you are using anchor tags)
#[email protected]
$/ref@amazon.* (remove everything after /ref on amazon domains - this will only apply when there are no query parameters left after removing the filtered query parameters)
$$/ref@amazon.* (remove everything after /ref on amazon domains - this will always apply, even when there are other query parameters after removing the filtered query parameters - this option is available because the user should be in control but beware that double dollar signs are dangerous, it might break the URL)

Invalid parameters:
param@*.google.* (too many wildcards)
!ved (this is some random string - not supported, but it might work)
/ref@amazon.*$ (dollar sign should be at the beginning)

History
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Neat URL is based on Lean URL. Neat URL contains a few improvements:
* set your own URL parameters on the options page (to reach feature parity with Pure URL)
* fixed for recent Firefox versions
* a nice animation in the toolbar (can be changed or disabled)
* domain-specific blocked parameters (to reach feature parity with Pure URL)
* wildcard domain-specific blocked parameters

Bug reports and feature requests
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You can open an issue on GitHub. Please include \"Neat URL\" in the title of the newly created issue: https://github.com/Smile4ever/Neat-URL/issues/new
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Neat URL", "description": "__MSG_extensionDescription__", "homepage_url": "http://itsafeature.org", "manifest_version": 2, "version": "5.0.0", "default_locale": "en", "background": { "scripts": [ "browser-polyfill.min.js", "background.js", "toolbaricon.js" ] }, "icons": { "48": "icons/dark/neaturl-48.png", "96": "icons/dark/neaturl-96-state0.png" }, "permissions": [ "storage", "notifications", "contextMenus", "webRequest", "webRequestBlocking", "tabs", "" ], "options_ui": { "page": "options.html" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icons/dark/neaturl-96-state0.png" }}
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User reviews

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Dan Lourenco (ID: 000000f286602910) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 09/23/2023 Watch out for malware on this extension. This extension inserts affiliate links into Google search results.

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Cuenta deshabilitada (ID: 0000009d0733ab0a) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/24/2023 2 days ago fail with google ... repair this

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Kee Chuan Loh (ID: 000000984509a94d) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/31/2023 Need a little bit of reading configuration, works well!

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lee fc (ID: 0000000b2db4b108) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/08/2023 2023.04 [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]

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Varniit Professional (ID: 00000013ab354b9b) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 03/18/2023 Not working. Doesn't clean up the url. Checked on several google searches to begin with.