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@JoeyShmoe did a great job creating a Chrome Extension and a Firefox Extension to save us all the hassle of setting up a bookmarklet. The extension will place a button on any Amazon product page. When you click the button it will copy a link to your clipboard, which you can paste into any DDF post. The post will then contain the product title, image, and a working link to the product.

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For anyone who doesn't want to install a browser extension, read below how to set up the bookmarklet:

Here is a bookmarklet that will make a DD link from any amazon item page, and format it with the title and an image so you can paste it into a DDF post.

Example:

Little Tikes Rocking Horse Magenta ($34.07)



(Not sure what a bookmarklet is? Read more about them in this thread: http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=61269.5.)

Here's how to install the bookmarklet:

1. If you don't currently see a row of bookmarks on the top of your browser, you will need to show the bookmarks bar.
- In Chrome, click the 3 vertical dots at the top right of your screen, click Settings, and click Always Show the Bookmarks Bar.
- In Firefox, click the 3 horizontal lines at the top right of your screen, and click Customize. Then click Show/Hide Toolbars (bottom left of your screen) and check off the Bookmarks Toolbar.

2. Copy the following code. (To do so, click the SELECT button and then press control-c on your keyboard.)
Code: [Select]
javascript: (function() {
    var pattern = new RegExp("(https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/).*([dg]p\/)(?:product\/)?(..........).*|(https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/).*([dg]p\/)(?:product\/)?(..........).*", "i"),
        match = location.href.match(pattern),
        image = document.getElementById('landingImage').src;
    var price = "";
    if (document.getElementById('priceblock_dealprice') !== null) {
        price = " (" + document.getElementById('priceblock_dealprice').innerHTML + ")";
    } else if (document.getElementById('priceblock_ourprice') !== null) {
        price = " (" + document.getElementById('priceblock_ourprice').innerHTML + ")";
    }
    var URL = (match[1] !== undefined) ? match[1] + "dp/" + match[3] + "/?tag=cl03f-20&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER" : match[4] + "dp/" + match[6] + "/?tag=cl03f-20&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER";
    var result = "[url=" + URL + "]" + document.title + price + "[/url][br][br][url=" + URL + "][img]" + image + "[/img][/url]";
    if (document.execCommand('copy') !== false) {
        var ddLink = document.createElement('span'),
            range = document.createRange();
        ddLink.id = "ddLink";
        ddLink.innerText = result;
        document.body.appendChild(ddLink);
        range.selectNode(document.getElementById('ddLink'));
        window.getSelection().addRange(range);
        document.execCommand('copy');
        document.getElementById('ddLink').remove();
        setTimeout(function() {
            alert('DD link copied to clipboard...')
        }, 1000);
    } else {
        window.prompt("Press control-c", result);
    }
    void(0);
})()

3. To create the bookmarklet, right click on your bookmarks bar and click "Add page" (if you're in Chrome) or "New bookmark" (Firefox).

For the Name, enter whatever you want (eg: Dan Amazon link), and for the URL/Location enter the code above, which you already copied.

4. Click Save (Chrome) or Add (Firefox)

To use the bookmarklet, simply click on the bookmark you created (in step 3) when you are on any amazon product page. Follow the prompts (you may need to press control-c to copy what pops up), and then paste it into any DDF post.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: The code might need a little tweaking, so let me know if you have a link that it doesn't work on. If there are any changes I will update the wiki.
« Last edited by Yo ssi on February 23, 2021, 07:57:42 PM »

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Can it say the actual end time?
That gets complicated with different time zones etc.
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Or can click on links.
Whoa! I was just looking to make this site better...
So was I, so was I..
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The strike-thru feature doesn't work on the Chrome extension.
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That gets complicated with different time zones etc.
Is it better to pick a time zone to standardize? Lets say 80% of DDF using Amazon links is on EST, can it just include "Expires 4:00PM EST" or the like? THis is how it is displayed on DDMS
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To answer your question the answer is no. Deals here are (unfortunately?) only for people who can add the time left to the time of the post.

What?!?! You can't put in dynamic text or an iframe of the timer?!!

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What?!?! You can't put in dynamic text or an iframe of the timer?!!
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What?!?! You can't put in dynamic text or an iframe of the timer?!!
And it'll automatically call your phone 5 minutes before it expires
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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And it'll automatically call your phone 5 minutes before it expires
While we're at it:
Even better. It should just be a smart bot with multi-step processing.

1: it should just auto-order you every deal (to guarantee inventory),
2: send you a text / notification letting you know the item and price and to see if you actually want to keep it,
3: if you respond NO, it can cancel the order for you.

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While we're at it:
Even better. It should just be a smart bot with multi-step processing.

1: it should just auto-order you every deal (to guarantee inventory),
2: send you a text / notification letting you know the item and price and to see if you actually want to keep it,
3: if you respond NO, it can cancel the order for you.
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Welcome to my life ;D

Just imagine buying all those things @boro boy posts!
bringing Subscribe & Save to the next level
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #431 on: October 18, 2021, 12:06:08 AM »
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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #432 on: October 18, 2021, 12:23:06 AM »
  • Created a new self hosted proxy.
What's the proxy used for?

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« Reply #433 on: October 18, 2021, 12:24:27 AM »
What's the proxy used for?
Scraping amazon
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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #434 on: November 22, 2021, 08:59:57 PM »
New Update!

Amazon recently made a massive change to how they list product prices on their pages, causing the famed chrome extension (thank you @JoeyShmoe) to stop working for lots of items (for example this works and this doesn't). This update should fix this issue for the average item.

  • Smothered the price bug.
  • Made DDF link great again!

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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #435 on: November 22, 2021, 09:37:24 PM »
New Update!

Amazon recently made a massive change to how they list product prices on their pages, causing the famed chrome extension (thank you @JoeyShmoe) to stop working for lots of items (for example this works and this doesn't). This update should fix this issue for the average item.

  • Smothered the price bug.
  • Made DDF link great again!

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If you find something that isn't working please let me know.
This has become really annoying. Any way to fix it on Chrome?

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« Reply #436 on: November 22, 2021, 09:46:12 PM »
This has become really annoying. Any way to fix it on Chrome?
The extension has to be updated.
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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #437 on: December 07, 2021, 01:24:42 PM »
New Update!

Amazon recently made a massive change to how they list product prices on their pages, causing the famed chrome extension (thank you @JoeyShmoe) to stop working for lots of items (for example this works and this doesn't). This update should fix this issue for the average item.
I've been disconnected from DDF for a while now (work and life got in the way B"H). @Yo ssi great job!

If there's still any interest in updating the extension and/or the bookmarklet code, I'll gladly update it, I don't want to spend time on it if the Telegram Bot and Website are superior
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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #438 on: December 07, 2021, 01:40:18 PM »
I've been disconnected from DDF for a while now (work and life got in the way B"H). @Yo ssi great job!

If there's still any interest in updating the extension and/or the bookmarklet code, I'll gladly update it, I don't want to spend time on it if the Telegram Bot and Website are superior
@Yo ssi @JoeyShmoe probably makes sense for both of you to open source your code, so future members could take it over from you if either of you go "on leave". And don't be embarrassed about ugly code - no one cares; this isn't meant to be enterprise grade software.

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Re: Amazon DD Bookmarklet: Have Chrome Make A DDF Friendly Link On Amazon
« Reply #439 on: December 07, 2021, 01:42:19 PM »
I was actually looking for the button the other day, and figured the extension was out of date. I don't use it super often, but would definitely like to have it back.
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