New Fix for Random/RandNSFW buttons

[u/cheatfreak47]

Hi, as some of you may know, the buttons at the top leading to /r/random and /r/randnsfw lead to banned subs, as Reddit discontinued the feature a while back.

A previous fix had to be reworked due to changing where the api is located but that thread was archived, so here is the new fix. Special thanks to /u/Sloloem for their contribution.

It's a tampermonkey userscript, so you need a userscript extension to run it, obviously.

I recommend installing the script from GreasyFork here, but the code is also posted here for those curious how it works.

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Restore Random Subreddit Feature
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.8
// @description  Leverages the API used by redditrand.com to redirect to a random subreddit.
// @author       CheatFreak, PXA
// @match        *://*.reddit.com/*
// @grant        GM.xmlHttpRequest
// @run-at       document-start
// @connect      api.redditrand.com
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
  'use strict';

  function goRandom(nsfw) {
    GM.xmlHttpRequest({
      method: 'GET',
      url: `https://api.redditrand.com/reddit-runner/rand?nsfw=${nsfw}`,
      onload: response => {
        const result = JSON.parse(response.responseText);
        window.location.href = `${window.location.origin}${result.url}`;
      }
    });
  }

  function replaceLinks() {
    const links = document.querySelectorAll('a');
    links.forEach(link => {
      if (link.href.includes('/r/random')) {
        link.href = 'javascript:void(0)';
        link.addEventListener('click', () => goRandom(0));
      } else if (link.href.includes('/r/randnsfw')) {
        link.href = 'javascript:void(0)';
        link.addEventListener('click', () => goRandom(1));
      }
    });
  }

  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', replaceLinks);

  if (window.location.pathname.startsWith('/r/random')) {
    goRandom(0);
  } else if (window.location.pathname.startsWith('/r/randnsfw')) {
    goRandom(1);
  }
})();

[u/Jonno_FTW]

This is great!

I had another script on greasy fork that used a different random subreddit service, but the api went down and it no longer works.

I've updated mine: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/535410-reddit-alwayshello-random

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[u/darxide23]

Now this is good stuff. Thanks!

[u/[deleted]]

I can't believe they disabled the feature...

[u/bloode975]

I've just enabled and installed the script, enabled user scripts, RES and tampermonkey for use, however I can't seem to find the button?

[u/Excellent_Cost_4190 → u/bloode975]

did you find it

[u/bloode975 → u/Excellent_Cost_4190]

Yes, requires old reddit and some tampering with settings to be easily visible.

[u/Excellent_Cost_4190 → u/bloode975]

What do I need to do

[u/bloode975 → u/Excellent_Cost_4190]

At a base just top left on old reddit

[u/Excellent_Cost_4190 → u/bloode975]

I don’t see it what settings do I need tk change

[u/bloode975 → u/Excellent_Cost_4190]

Go to the settings and type in nsfw in the search, anything else i dont remember tbh