Discourse close & archive topic userscript

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

(Maybe could fit in Development, but shoved it here since I wasn’t sure)

While cleaning up my inbox on forum I manage a bit by closing and archiving old group membership request PMs, I got annoyed with doing it manually.

I hereby present the userscript to do it for you! You just right click, go to the “Tampermonkey” option, then run the “Close and Archive” script!

Code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Close and Archive
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      2025-02-14
// @description  Closes and Archives the currently open topic/private message when run
// @author       Firepup Sixfifty
// @match        https://=hostname=/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=amcforum.wiki
// @grant        none
// @run-at       context-menu
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    fetch(`https://${window.location.hostname}/t/${window.location.pathname.split('/')[3]}/status`, {
        "headers": {
            "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8",
            "accept": "application/json",
            "x-csrf-token": document.querySelector("[name='csrf-token']").content
        },
        "body": "status=closed&enabled=true",
        "method": "PUT"
    }).then((r)=>{
        fetch(`https://${window.location.hostname}/t/${window.location.pathname.split('/')[3]}/status`, {
            "headers": {
                "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8",
                "accept": "application/json",
                "x-csrf-token": document.querySelector("[name='csrf-token']").content
            },
            "body": "status=archived&enabled=true",
            "method": "PUT"
        }).then((r)=>{
            fetch(`https://${window.location.hostname}/t/${window.location.pathname.split('/')[3]}/archive-message`, {
                "headers": {
                    "accept": "application/json",
                    "x-csrf-token": document.querySelector("[name='csrf-token']").content
                },
                "method": "PUT"
            });
        })
    })
})();

[NateDhaliwal]

Wait… so how do I run this? Where should I place it?

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

It’s a script written for the Tampermonkey browser extension

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

Does it do more than the a shortcut when we’re on a PM page?

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

Yes - It also closes the PM.

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

Archived posts can’t be replied to:

@cpradio

In Archived, you can’t like, edit, or otherwise interact with the posts.

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

Idk I just close them in case some staff member stumbles upon them by mistake it’s more clear that they’re not supposed to be replied to.

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

Are you an admin or only a moderator? If you are admin, you could probably create a theme component instead of relying on a userscript.

That said, for sites on which you can’t edit the code, userscripts are still an interesting solution for various improvements.

I use them for many websites.

On meta.discourse.org, I have one that adds a Ctrl+Shift+k shortcut to wrap my selected text with <kbd> tags inside the composer

// ==UserScript==
// @name         <kbd> shortcut for meta.discourse.org
// @namespace    Violentmonkey Scripts
// @version      1.0
// @description  Insert <kbd> tags into textareas on meta.discourse.org with Ctrl + Shift + k
// @author       chatGPT
// @match        https://meta.discourse.org/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
        if (event.ctrlKey && event.shiftKey && event.key === 'K') {
            const activeElement = document.activeElement;
            if (activeElement.tagName === 'TEXTAREA' && activeElement.classList.contains('ember-text-area')) {
                const start = activeElement.selectionStart;
                const end = activeElement.selectionEnd;
                const text = activeElement.value;
                const insertText = '<kbd>';
                const closeText = '</kbd>';

                const selectedText = text.slice(start, end);
                activeElement.value = text.slice(0, start) + insertText + selectedText + closeText + text.slice(end);

                const cursorPosition = end === start
                    ? start + insertText.length
                    : start + insertText.length + selectedText.length + closeText.length;

                activeElement.selectionStart = activeElement.selectionEnd = cursorPosition;

                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }
    });
})();

Also, I don’t user Tampermonkey as it’s closed source, I prefer using open source software, and there are several contender (they all look the same and the scripts are cross-compatibles). I think the most used is Violentmonkey.

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

@Canapin

Are you an admin or only a moderator? If you are admin, you could probably create a theme component instead of relying on a userscript.

I just threw it in a userscript because I was too lazy to make a TC for it, and this was faster to edit and test (I originally just ran it in the console a handful of times to test it)

@Canapin

On meta.discourse.org, I have one that adds a Ctrl+Shift+k shortcut to wrap my selected text with <kbd> tags inside the composer

Oooooooh that’s actually really nice to have, ty for sharing!

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

Just modified the script a bit so it also works on topics, for what that’s worth (This does cause the strange effect of having an archived PM though).