eBay Snipe at AuctionSniper.com

By Scott Winder — Last update Jul 31, 2007 — Installed 2,306 times. Daily Installs: 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 6, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 5, 0, 1, 3, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0 
// eBay Snipe at AuctionSniper.com
// version 5
// 2007-07-31
// Copyright 2007 Scott Winder
// Released under the GPL license
// http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
//
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// This script adds a "Snipe this item" link to item pages you view after
// doing a search on eBay. You can click on the link to be taken directly
// to the AuctionSniper entry form for that item.
//
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// ==UserScript==
// @name          eBay Snipe at AuctionSniper.com
// @namespace     http://www.lethean.us/userscripts
// @description   Adds an AuctionSniper link to the currently viewed item
// @include       http://cgi.ebay.tld/*
// ==/UserScript==

var idLoc = location.pathname.indexOf("QQitemZ");
var itemId, endLoc;

if (idLoc != -1) {
	idLoc += 7;
	endLoc = location.pathname.indexOf( "QQ", idLoc );
	itemId = location.pathname.substring( idLoc, endLoc );
} else {
	idLoc = location.search.indexOf("&item=");
	if ( idLoc != -1 ) {
		idLoc += 6;
		var endLoc = location.search.indexOf( "&", idLoc );
		if ( endLoc <= idLoc ) {
			endLoc = location.search.length;
		}
		itemId = location.search.substring( idLoc, endLoc );
	}
}

if (idLoc != -1) {
	var snipeUrl = "http://www.auctionsniper.com/snipeit/snipeit.aspx?item=" + itemId;
	
	var watchCell = document.getElementById("watching");
	
	if (watchCell) {
		var snipeCell = document.createElement("td");
		snipeCell.id = "sniping";
		snipeCell.setAttribute("valign", "top");
		snipeCell.setAttribute("nowrap", "");
		snipeCell.setAttribute("align", "right");
		watchCell.parentNode.insertBefore(snipeCell, watchCell);
		
		var snipeLink = document.createElement("a");
		snipeLink.href = "#";
		snipeLink.addEventListener("click", function(){window.open(snipeUrl,'','width=500,height=275,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}, false);
		snipeLink.title = "Snipe this auction on AuctionSniper.com";
		var img = document.createElement("img");
		img.src = "data:image/gif;base64,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";
		img.border = "0";
		img.align = "top";
		snipeLink.appendChild(img);
		
		snipeCell.appendChild(snipeLink);
		snipeCell.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "), watchCell);
		
		snipeLink = document.createElement("a");
		snipeLink.href = "#";
		snipeLink.addEventListener("click", function(){window.open(snipeUrl,'','width=500,height=275,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}, false);
		snipeLink.title = "Snipe this auction on AuctionSniper.com";
		
		var snipeBold = document.createElement("strong");
		snipeBold.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Snipe this Item"));
		snipeLink.appendChild(snipeBold);
		
		snipeCell.appendChild(snipeLink);
	}
}

// CHANGELOG:
//
// v1 (2006-03-03)
// - initial release
// 
// v2 (2006-04-12)
// - Added ability to pull item number from query
// 
// v3 (2006-11-01)
// - Added cgi.ebay.de per user request
// 
// v4 (2007-06-12)
// - Added cgi.ebay.fr per user request
// - Fixed link insertion so that it always appears
// 
// v5 (2007-07-31)
// - Replaced all domains with magic .tld suffix (thanks Keith)
// - Modified links as per mungushume's suggestion
//