20 votes

Little 12ft.io bookmarklet

Posted by EgoEimi
Tags: web, websites, bookmarklets, 12ft dot io

Today I was doing some paywall hopping and wondered why there wasn't a 12ft.io bookmarklet to make it a little easier.

So I whipped up this little 5 second bookmarklet for anyone who hasn't bothered to do it themselves yet.

Just make a bookmark with the code snippet below as the URL.

javascript: (() => { window.location.replace("https://12ft.io/" + window.location.href)})();

I tried to make a link here that could be dragged and dropped directly into a bookmark bar, but it's disallowed.

11 comments

  1. tomf
    Link
    You can skip the iframe with https://12ft.io/api/proxy?ref=&q={url}, too. I've been using https://txtify.it/ with...

    You can skip the iframe with https://12ft.io/api/proxy?ref=&q={url}, too. I've been using https://txtify.it/ with

    javascript:q=location.hostname+location.pathname;location.href="https://txtify.it/"+q;

    Its plaintxt, but its good for most articles.

    6 votes
  3. [4]
    EgoEimi
    Link
    Oh, also I have a slightly prettier version available with the ladder icon if anyone wants. It has png image data in the bookmark element, so you have to import it by bookmark manager.

    Oh, also I have a slightly prettier version available with the ladder icon if anyone wants.

    It has png image data in the bookmark element, so you have to import it by bookmark manager.

    2 votes
    1. [3]
      AugustusFerdinand
      Link Parent
      Interested!

      Interested!

      2 votes
      1. [2]
        EgoEimi
        Link Parent
        Bookmark file with single bookmark is inside: https://we.tl/t-Pl1DfzPASi (for future readers, this expires 1 week after this post) Contents are: <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1> <!-- This is an...

        Bookmark file with single bookmark is inside: https://we.tl/t-Pl1DfzPASi (for future readers, this expires 1 week after this post)

        Contents are:

        <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
<!-- This is an automatically generated file.
     It will be read and overwritten.
     DO NOT EDIT! -->
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>
<H1>Bookmarks</H1>
<DL><p>
    <DT><H3 ADD_DATE="1591130182" LAST_MODIFIED="1646272798" PERSONAL_TOOLBAR_FOLDER="true">Bookmarks Bar</H3>
    <DL><p>
        <DT><A HREF="javascript: (() => { window.location.replace(&quot;https://12ft.io/&quot; + window.location.href)})();" ADD_DATE="0" ICON="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAACyklEQVQ4jY1SW0hUURRd987ch3eees1xTBOVxlJLemdkGUURUvjRBBVRUUT+9WNQCB0T++uBhNlfBUE6BEEPKKIiKz9MKGQUlR4Oo45OeZ33XOdx+phJplTo/JyzzmavvddeG/iPQ0fbhaVizCKYtp5tKFNj4b3qXHRtRI3btm5cpV9XVfqqor65mWFAMxPYTEDShGoyWu2d9XcMffcUJpB8Y5GzNw8MTxSmk9klCZxpAqusk016Xbx0hWXg5MEdomzkv/B0jqOfiAQgmZmjzQSOdHB07Fe9RoPxQCB8fkrxZQUj6usZJWiDsMkK4OuSHQCgTzsas416seTag7eVBfm5XdZcc/hIQ+1xSRIejYx5tgMAJYRdQEBI6j3uVrblmHXyxVO7D+WapJVGnTjd0vkkHAlGaTgQrQIAh9M5P/x5CU6S0j/4fXwnx7LeYDBkKy/KkxSfn/omJpvjkmj1/pRF6iQ8U0nmFnTgABIAkGPQ1US02bc7+b6W4iLLtHtWI5or9/UnrLVdnrCYj1mLebEZMABwv/VMiU4SVhsFuvPK8qMveI7dAtXnKhH9qibm8cfVkHfI7dqWKZkFALs9dX92ju5xexRF9XkHs5LBqK3Y8n7429gT99jwBcY7Uu9Xpk2URQUAVDhTRVkAcDhS9hUsM+0See7G9a6PbbVb1wwIIj/ocik9y/PkntZ775qUkHhi8legnNJuzWFHSvIfCZQQomW07AaDXixoObf/WJImDhhMht7Hz/v6eQ62ZzdP74hHJquD4ehKjCjZmS4wAKj6o7cmlIgZOQ1inJar0wlcIeZifVNAaMTlFcz6rKZAjA7MzIaypt0z6wG8JAQsS9L2FReYS3IM0p2rd1+31NRU3pJzDPdR3TgBAJIgdlWUFbW1P/xwiYK94vnpkwHg8l8rSAlLKWVIXZ22m9j5fzYU3Xa7xm6H5t//38gPHrX/4wWmAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC">Use a 12ft Ladder</A>
    </DL><p>
</DL><p>

        Alternatively you can make a bookmarks html file from this and import it as such.

        The image is contained within the icon tag, ICON="data:image...

        ✨Voila, pretty ladder 🪜✨

        3 votes
  4. [4]
    bhrgunatha
    (edited )
    Link
    I've been using a couple of firefox extensions to bypass paywall (edit: not firewall) but they're old and sites (like economist.com or scmp.com) detect and block them with a big scary message....

    I've been using a couple of firefox extensions to bypass firewalls paywall (edit: not firewall) but they're old and sites (like economist.com or scmp.com) detect and block them with a big scary message.

    I've been meaning to do something about that for a while now so thanks for prompting me to act and also for providing some easy to use code to save me the bother 😁.

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      frostycakes
      Link Parent
      I've been using Bypass Paywalls Clean (firefox and chrome) for a while now, and they get updated very regularly, haven't found a paywall I can't bypass with these that hasn't been fixed within...

      I've been using Bypass Paywalls Clean (firefox and chrome) for a while now, and they get updated very regularly, haven't found a paywall I can't bypass with these that hasn't been fixed within days of noticing it yet.

      6 votes
      1. bhrgunatha
        Link Parent
        Thanks for that suggestion, I'll try that instead.

        Thanks for that suggestion, I'll try that instead.

    2. AugustusFerdinand
      Link Parent
      Was the same, then switched to violentmonkey, and now those scripts are largely unsupported/unupdated and non-functional now days.

      Was the same, then switched to violentmonkey, and now those scripts are largely unsupported/unupdated and non-functional now days.

      1 vote