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breaker1 / Herald Times Online For Free 

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Herald Times Online For Free
// @updateURL   https://openuserjs.org/meta/breaker1/Herald_Times_Online_For_Free.meta.js
// @namespace   littlegnome
// @match       http*://*.heraldtimesonline.com/*
// @version     2.2
// @grant       none
// @license     MIT
// @run-at      document-start
// ==/UserScript==

checkForBadJavascripts([
  [true, /ijento.*/, null],
  [true, /okanjosite\.js/, null],
  [true, /ijento\.js/, null],
  [true, /subscription\.js/, null],
  [true, /iplist\.js/, null],
  [true, /metering/, null],
  [false, /googletag/i, null],
  [false, /amznads/i, null],
  [false, /paywall/i, null],
  [false, /schurzdigital/i, null]
]);


/*--- checkForBadJavascripts()
    This is a utility function, meant to be used inside a Greasemonkey script that
    has the "@run-at document-start" directive set.

    It Checks for and deletes or replaces specific <script> tags.
*/
function checkForBadJavascripts (controlArray) {
    /*--- Note that this is a self-initializing function.  The controlArray
        parameter is only active for the FIRST call.  After that, it is an
        event listener.

        The control array row is  defines like so:
        [bSearchSrcAttr, identifyingRegex, callbackFunction]
        Where:
            bSearchSrcAttr      True to search the SRC attribute of a script tag
                                false to search the TEXT content of a script tag.
            identifyingRegex    A valid regular expression that should be unique
                                to that particular script tag.
            callbackFunction    An optional function to execute when the script is
                                found.  Use null if not needed.

        Usage example:
            checkForBadJavascripts ( [
                [false, /old, evil init()/, function () {addJS_Node (init);} ],
                [true,  /evilExternalJS/i,  null ]
            ] );
    */
    if ( ! controlArray.length) return null;

    let checkForBadJavascripts      = function (zEvent) {
        for (var J = controlArray.length - 1;  J >= 0;  --J) {
            var bSearchSrcAttr      = controlArray[J][0];
            var identifyingRegex    = controlArray[J][1];

            if (bSearchSrcAttr) {
                if (identifyingRegex.test (zEvent.target.src) ) {
                    stopBadJavascript (J);
                    return false;
                }
            }
            else {
                if (identifyingRegex.test (zEvent.target.textContent) ) {
                    stopBadJavascript (J);
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }

        function stopBadJavascript (controlIndex) {
            zEvent.stopPropagation ();
            zEvent.preventDefault ();

            var callbackFunction    = controlArray[J][2];
            if (typeof callbackFunction == "function")
                callbackFunction (zEvent.target);

            //--- Remove the node just to clear clutter from Firebug inspection.
            zEvent.target.parentNode.removeChild (zEvent.target);

            //--- Script is intercepted, remove it from the list.
            controlArray.splice (J, 1);
            if ( ! controlArray.length) {
                //--- All done, remove the listener.
                window.removeEventListener (
                    'beforescriptexecute', checkForBadJavascripts, true
                );
            }
        }
    };

    /*--- Use the "beforescriptexecute" event to monitor scipts as they are loaded.
        See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/element.onbeforescriptexecute
        Note seems to work on acripts that are dynamically created, despite what 
        the spec says.
    */
    window.addEventListener ('beforescriptexecute', checkForBadJavascripts, true);

    return checkForBadJavascripts;
}


function addJS_Node (text, s_URL, funcToRun) {
    var D                                   = document;
    var scriptNode                          = D.createElement ('script');
    scriptNode.type                         = "text/javascript";
    if (text)       scriptNode.textContent  = text;
    if (s_URL)      scriptNode.src          = s_URL;
    if (funcToRun)  scriptNode.textContent  = '(' + funcToRun.toString() + ')()';

    var targ = D.getElementsByTagName ('head')[0] || D.body || D.documentElement;
    //--- Don't error check here. if DOM not available, should throw error.
    targ.appendChild (scriptNode);
}