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| <h1>🔖 IIIT-Knimbus Access Bookmarklet</h1> | |
| <p> | |
| This bookmarklet allows you to redirect academic URLs like | |
| <strong>IEEE, Springer, Nature</strong>, etc. to the <strong>IIIT Kottayam Knimbus proxy</strong>, | |
| giving you full-text access via institutional login. | |
| </p> | |
| <h2>📌 How to Add the Bookmarklet</h2> | |
| <ol> | |
| <li>Select and copy the code below.</li> | |
| <li>Create a new bookmark in your browser.</li> | |
| <li>Paste the copied code into the <strong>URL or location field</strong>.</li> | |
| <li>Name the bookmark something like <code>IIIT-Knimbus Access</code>.</li> | |
| </ol> | |
| <h3>🔧 Bookmarklet Code (Copy This)</h3> | |
| <pre><code>javascript:(function(){javascript:(function(){ | |
| const current = location; | |
| const domainParts = current.hostname.split('.'); | |
| if (domainParts.length < 2) { | |
| alert("Invalid domain."); | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| // Replace dots in domain with dashes, append the Knimbus suffix | |
| const knimbusHost = domainParts.join('-') + '-iiitkottayam.knimbus.com'; | |
| // Special case for IEEE: force ieeexplore path format | |
| if (current.hostname === 'ieeexplore.ieee.org') { | |
| const match = current.pathname.match(/\/document\/(\d+)\//); | |
| if (match) { | |
| location.href = `https://${knimbusHost}/document/${match[1]}`; | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Generic case: preserve full path, query, and hash | |
| const newUrl = `https://${knimbusHost}${current.pathname}${current.search}${current.hash}`; | |
| location.href = newUrl; | |
| })()})();</code></pre> | |
| <h3>💡 Or Use This Pre-Encoded Link</h3> | |
| <p> | |
| You can also copy and paste this version directly into your bookmark URL field: | |
| </p> | |
| <pre><code>javascript:(function()%7Bjavascript%3A(function()%7B%0A%20%20const%20current%20%3D%20location%3B%0A%20%20const%20domainParts%20%3D%20current.hostname.split('.')%3B%0A%20%20if%20(domainParts.length%20%3C%202)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20alert(%22Invalid%20domain.%22)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20return%3B%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20const%20knimbusHost%20%3D%20domainParts.join('-')%20%2B%20'-iiitkottayam.knimbus.com'%3B%0A%0A%20%20if%20(current.hostname%20%3D%3D%3D%20'ieeexplore.ieee.org')%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20const%20match%20%3D%20current.pathname.match(%2F%5C%2Fdocument%5C%2F(%5Cd%2B)%5C%2F%2F)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20if%20(match)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20location.href%20%3D%20%60https%3A%2F%2F%24%7BknimbusHost%7D%2Fdocument%2F%24%7Bmatch%5B1%5D%7D%60%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20return%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20const%20newUrl%20%3D%20%60https%3A%2F%2F%24%7BknimbusHost%7D%24%7Bcurrent.pathname%7D%24%7Bcurrent.search%7D%24%7Bcurrent.hash%7D%60%3B%0A%20%20location.href%20%3D%20newUrl%3B%0A%7D)()%3B%7D)()%3B</code></pre> | |
| <h2>✅ Examples</h2> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><code>https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/xxxxx</code> → <code>https://ieeexplore-ieee-org-iiitkottayam.knimbus.com/document/xxxxx</code></li> | |
| <li><code>https://link.springer.com/article/yyyy/xxxxx</code> → <code>https://link-springer-com-iiitkottayam.knimbus.com/article/yyyy/xxxxx</code></li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <h2>⚠️ Notes</h2> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>You must be on IIIT-K campus or connected via VPN for access.</li> | |
| <li>Only works with domains supported by Knimbus for IIIT Kottayam.</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <h2>📄 License</h2> | |
| <p>MIT License – Free to use and share with your peers.</p> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> | |
| <h2>🚀 Use an Online Bookmarklet Maker</h2> | |
| <p> | |
| Instead of manually encoding and copying JavaScript code, use this handy online tool to generate the bookmarklet link: | |
| </p> | |
| <p> | |
| 👉 <a href="https://caiorss.github.io/bookmarklet-maker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> | |
| Bookmarklet Maker – by Caiorss | |
| </a> | |
| </p> | |
| <p>Here’s what to do:</p> | |
| <ol> | |
| <li>Open the site above.</li> | |
| <li>Paste the JavaScript code below into the editor box.</li> | |
| <li>It will generate a clickable link.</li> | |
| <li>Right-click → Bookmark it (or drag to your bookmarks bar).</li> | |
| </ol> | |
| <h3>📋 JavaScript Code to Paste</h3> | |
| <pre><code>(function(){ | |
| const current = location; | |
| const domainParts = current.hostname.split('.'); | |
| if (domainParts.length < 2) { | |
| alert("Invalid domain."); | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| // Replace dots in domain with dashes, append the Knimbus suffix | |
| const knimbusHost = domainParts.join('-') + '-iiitkottayam.knimbus.com'; | |
| // Special case for IEEE | |
| if (current.hostname === 'ieeexplore.ieee.org') { | |
| const match = current.pathname.match(/\/document\/(\d+)\//); | |
| if (match) { | |
| location.href = `https://${knimbusHost}/document/${match[1]}`; | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Generic case | |
| const newUrl = `https://${knimbusHost}${current.pathname}${current.search}${current.hash}`; | |
| location.href = newUrl; | |
| })();</code></pre> |
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