Um… it explains why the Viglink stuff is there? Which is what you made a post to ask?
Recently, though, I’ve noticed that LW is replacing off-site links with indirect links, passed through the domain api.viglink.com. This means I can’t just glance at the URL to see where it points; I have to either open it or paste it into the address bar and scroll through it looking for the embedded URL of the actual link. Is it important for it to do that?
Could you quote the particular passage that explains why all links to any external site are being intercepted and passed through api.viglink.com? Or did you mean to link a different Google hit? I thought I searched the site before asking the question, but I may have neglected to.
I thought it meant more universal than lukeprog’s proposed pseudocode; i.e., something guaranteed to work for all Amazon links (though as the replies point out, not when you open them in a new tab or window). Thanks for providing the quote.
(Also, to be pedantic: that’s the most recent top-level comment, not the first. You might have LW set to sort by New or another setting on your browser.)
Yes; I use that code on Amazon myself. Is there a point in particular you want to make about it?
Um… it explains why the Viglink stuff is there? Which is what you made a post to ask?
Could you quote the particular passage that explains why all links to any external site are being intercepted and passed through api.viglink.com? Or did you mean to link a different Google hit? I thought I searched the site before asking the question, but I may have neglected to.
??? That page is exactly on point, as is the very first comment. What exactly don’t you understand here?
Everything I see relates to appending a Viglink code, and only to links to Amazon. Again, could you quote the part I’m overlooking?
Er, from the first comment, the one I mentioned:
What, exactly, did you think ‘even more universal’ than an Amazon referral code meant?
I thought it meant more universal than lukeprog’s proposed pseudocode; i.e., something guaranteed to work for all Amazon links (though as the replies point out, not when you open them in a new tab or window). Thanks for providing the quote.
(Also, to be pedantic: that’s the most recent top-level comment, not the first. You might have LW set to sort by New or another setting on your browser.)
(It’s also the top one if you sort comments by “Best”.)