/medium-parser-extension

Read medium.com and medium based articles using google web cache.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Medium Parser

*Medium parser is a web browser extension to help read the member-only articles on medium.com and medium.com-based sites (e.g. towards-data-science)*

# 15th February 2024: The extension was taken down by the Chrome Web Store (40k+ DAU).

# 25th February 2024: Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store.

Installation Instructions

Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge / Chromium Browsers (Brave/Opera Mini/Thorium etc.)

Download from Chrome Web store

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Or, Install manually

  1. Download this repo as a ZIP file from GitHub.
  2. Unzip the file and you should have a folder named medium-parser-extension-main.
  3. In Chrome/Edge go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions or edge://extensions).
  4. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle button on the top right side of the browser.
  5. Drag the medium-parser-extension-main folder anywhere on the page to import it (do not delete the folder afterward).

Mozilla Firefox

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Troubleshooting

  • This extension pulls the data from webcache.googleusercontent.com; then removes all the scripts and sends back the html and css contents only. It might not work when there is no data from the request.
  • For archive.is, it simply redirects you with the data.

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Support

Please consider a donation if you find this extension helps you daily. Your contribution allows me to spend more time making this kind of extension/project.

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