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All I want to know is how to redirect a URL to another website, and if possible, for free.
An example would be the URL http://stanfordrejects.com/ that redirects the official UC Berkley site.
I had built a Chrome extension which does this.
Note: I built this for just 2 sites - just for the heck of it - by no means it's professional quality. Please don't flame me for crappy code :)
Edit: Updated to manifest v2, which brings in certain additional restrictions.
manifest.json
{
"name": "URL Redirect",
"version": "0.2",
"description": "Checks URL and redirects as required.",
"background": {
"page":"bg.html"
},
"manifest_version": 2,
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"],
"js": ["content.js"]
}
],
"permissions": ["tabs"]
}
bg.html
<html>
<script src="redirect.js"></script>
</html>
redirect.js
chrome.extension.onRequest.addListener(function(request, sender) {
chrome.tabs.update(sender.tab.id, {url: request.redirect});
});
content.js
var pattern=/\bBlocked/;
var viewtext_base_url = "http://viewtext.org/article?url=";
var newurl;
if (pattern.test(window.document.title)) // if it matches pattern defined above
{
newurl = viewtext_base_url + encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);
chrome.extension.sendRequest({redirect: newurl}); // send message to redirect
}
To install this, create files with filenames as mentioned above the codeblock.

Once all 3 files are created, Click on Chrome Menu → Tools → Extensions. Click the "+" on Developer Mode. Click on Load Unpacked extension and point to the directory where the files are stored.

Edit the files are required, and uninstall and reinstall the extension as mentioned above
I know I am a bit late in the game to answer this question Still I would like to answer this for future readers. Have a look at
Requestly - Open Source Chrome Extension to modify Network Requests.
Github Repo - https://github.com/requestly/requestly
Currently, You can set up rules for
- Redirect a request URL to another url.
- Block some requests.
- Replace some part in the URL with another string. (Even the whole URL can be replaced)
- Add/Remove/Modify Headers in HTTP(s) Request and Response. You can set up Header Modification Rules only for specified URLs now.
Screenshots for more understanding:
- List of Rules
- List of Rule Types
- New Redirect Rule
There are a lot of things in the roadmap to be covered like
- Setting custom headers (Done)
- Switching User Agents
- Setting parameters in request (Done)
.. and a lot more.
PS: I have created this So you can blame me if you do not find this helpful :)


