seesea2024 / medium-parser-extension

Unlock medium.com using google web cache

Medium Parser

Medium parser is a web browser extension to help read the member-only articles on medium.com

Installation Instructions

Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge / Chromium Browsers (Brave/Opera Mini) (Custom sites supported)

• Download from chrome web store

Or install manually

1. Download this repo as a ZIP file from GitHub.
2. Unzip the file and you should have a folder named medium-parser-extension-main.
3. In Chrome/Edge go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions or edge://extensions).
4. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle button on the top right side of the browser.
5. Drag the medium-parser-extension-main folder anywhere on the page to import it (do not delete the folder afterward).

Mozilla Firefox (Custom sites not supported)

• Download from mozilla add-ons

Troubleshooting

• This extension pulls the data from webcache.googleusercontent.com; then removes all the scripts and sends back the html and css contents only. It might not work when there is no data from the request.
• For archive.is, it simply redirects you with the data.

Credits / Ideas

• This article on reddit.com

Preview

Updates

1.2.0

Added support for https://archive.is/

1.1.1

Removed dependency on the 3rd party server. Now you can directly read form the Google Web Cache

1.1.0

Added support for all medium.com based websites such as:

• https://medium.com
• https://towardsdatascience.com

1.0.1

Minor fixed and updates.