Suppose I have a JavaScript script named <code>foo.js</code> in a GitHub repo. I need to know what sites (domains) are using this script. Thus, for instance, if a website <code>www.example.com</code> is referencing my script... <pre class="prettyprint"><code><html> <head> <script src="https://myGitHubRepo/foo.js"></script> </head> etc... </html> </code></pre> I'd like to get, track or list <code>example.com</code> as a domain. To be more clear, I don't want to track actual users visiting <code>www.example.com</code> nor their IPs nor anything like this, I just want to track or make a list of the sites (domains) referencing my script in their HTMLs. Is that possible? <hr> PS: some hypothetical solutions and their problems: <ol> <li>The first idea that comes to mind is using an analytics tool; however, despite being the owner of my code, I'm not the owner of the site containing the repo: GitHub is the owner. Therefore, using an analytics tools seems to be impossible.</li> <li>I can't do calls to my server: again, I don't have a server, it's a GitHub repo.</li> <li>A simple <code>window.location.hostname</code> in the script would get what I want, but it would get it on the client side. I don't know if it's possible sending that information back to me... actually, I don't even know if that is legal. </li> </ol>

Don't do it. Telemetry is tricky - and people will opt to not use your script. Also without "place" to gather this information you cannot do it on github. You can try leveraging "code" search engines like: https://publicwww.com/ https://www.nerdydata.com/ and similars

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Suppose I have a JavaScript script named foo.js in a GitHub repo. I need to know what sites (domains) are using this script. Thus, for instance, if a website www.example.com is referencing my script...

<html>
  <head>
    <script src="https://myGitHubRepo/foo.js"></script>
  </head>
  etc...
</html>

I'd like to get, track or list example.com as a domain. To be more clear, I don't want to track actual users visiting www.example.com nor their IPs nor anything like this, I just want to track or make a list of the sites (domains) referencing my script in their HTMLs. Is that possible?

PS: some hypothetical solutions and their problems:

The first idea that comes to mind is using an analytics tool; however, despite being the owner of my code, I'm not the owner of the site containing the repo: GitHub is the owner. Therefore, using an analytics tools seems to be impossible.
I can't do calls to my server: again, I don't have a server, it's a GitHub repo.
A simple window.location.hostname in the script would get what I want, but it would get it on the client side. I don't know if it's possible sending that information back to me... actually, I don't even know if that is legal.

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asked May 23 '20 01:05

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 Answers

Don't do it. Telemetry is tricky - and people will opt to not use your script.

Also without "place" to gather this information you cannot do it on github.

You can try leveraging "code" search engines like: https://publicwww.com/ https://www.nerdydata.com/

and similars

answered Sep 20 '22 02:09

Damian

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