Medium Parser

Medium parser is a web browser extension to help read the member-only articles on medium.com and medium.com-based sites (e.g. towards-data-science)

Upload Status

Date	Status
24th September 2023	Uploaded the first version to the Chrome Web Store
15th February 2024	Taken down by the Chrome Web Store (40k+ DAU)
25th February 2024	Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store
8th September 2024	Taken down by the Chrome Web Store (30k+ DAU)
16th October 2024	Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store

DAU: Daily Active Users

Installation Instructions

Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge / Chromium Browsers (Brave/Opera Mini/Thorium etc.)

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 chrome folder anywhere on the page to import it (do not delete the folder afterward).

Mozilla Firefox

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

Support

Please consider a donation if you find this extension helps you daily. Your contribution allows me to spend more time making this kind of extension/project.

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