Stop execution of Javascript function (client side) or tweak it

Question

I want to stop the execution of one single line from a site, so that the whole page is read by the browser except that single line. Or the browser may simply skip the execut

Answer 1

Firefox currently supports the beforescriptexecute event (as of Version 4, released on March 22, 2011)^‡.

With that event and the // @run-at document-start directive, Firefox and Greasemonkey now seem to do a good job intercepting specific

You could use checkForBadJavascripts like so:

checkForBadJavascripts ( [
    [   false, 
        /Sorry, Sucka/, 
        function () {
            addJS_Node ('alert ("Hooray, you\'re a millionaire.");');
        } 
    ]
] );

to get a much nicer message. (^_^)
See the inline documentation, in checkForBadJavascripts, for more.

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To see a demonstration in a complete script, first visit this page at jsBin. You will see 3 lines of text, two of them added by JS.

Now, install this script (View source; it's also below.) and revisit the page. You will see that the GM-script deleted one bad tag and replaced another with our "good" JS.

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^‡ Note that only Firefox supports the beforescriptexecute event. And it was removed from the HTML5 spec with no equivalent capability specified.

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Complete GM script example (The same as the one at GitHub and jsBin):

Given this HTML:

I'm some initial text.

Use this Greasemonkey script:

// ==UserScript==
// @name        _Replace evil Javascript
// @include     http://jsbin.com/ogudon*
// @run-at      document-start
// ==/UserScript==

/****** New "init" function that we will use
    instead of the old, bad "init" function.
*/
function init () {
    var newParagraph            = document.createElement ('p');
    newParagraph.textContent    = "I was added by the new, good init() function!";
    document.body.appendChild (newParagraph);
}

/*--- Check for bad scripts to intercept and specify any actions to take.
*/
checkForBadJavascripts ( [
    [false, /old, evil init()/, function () {addJS_Node (init);} ],
    [true,  /evilExternalJS/i,  null ]
] );

function checkForBadJavascripts (controlArray) {
    /*--- Note that this is a self-initializing function.  The controlArray
        parameter is only active for the FIRST call.  After that, it is an
        event listener.

        The control array row is  defines like so:
        [bSearchSrcAttr, identifyingRegex, callbackFunction]
        Where:
            bSearchSrcAttr      True to search the SRC attribute of a script tag
                                false to search the TEXT content of a script tag.
            identifyingRegex    A valid regular expression that should be unique
                                to that particular script tag.
            callbackFunction    An optional function to execute when the script is
                                found.  Use null if not needed.
    */
    if ( ! controlArray.length) return null;

    checkForBadJavascripts      = function (zEvent) {

        for (var J = controlArray.length - 1;  J >= 0;  --J) {
            var bSearchSrcAttr      = controlArray[J][0];
            var identifyingRegex    = controlArray[J][1];

            if (bSearchSrcAttr) {
                if (identifyingRegex.test (zEvent.target.src) ) {
                    stopBadJavascript (J);
                    return false;
                }
            }
            else {
                if (identifyingRegex.test (zEvent.target.textContent) ) {
                    stopBadJavascript (J);
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }

        function stopBadJavascript (controlIndex) {
            zEvent.stopPropagation ();
            zEvent.preventDefault ();

            var callbackFunction    = controlArray[J][2];
            if (typeof callbackFunction == "function")
                callbackFunction ();

            //--- Remove the node just to clear clutter from Firebug inspection.
            zEvent.target.parentNode.removeChild (zEvent.target);

            //--- Script is intercepted, remove it from the list.
            controlArray.splice (J, 1);
            if ( ! controlArray.length) {
                //--- All done, remove the listener.
                window.removeEventListener (
                    'beforescriptexecute', checkForBadJavascripts, true
                );
            }
        }
    }

    /*--- Use the "beforescriptexecute" event to monitor scipts as they are loaded.
        See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/element.onbeforescriptexecute
        Note that it does not work on acripts that are dynamically created.
    */
    window.addEventListener ('beforescriptexecute', checkForBadJavascripts, true);

    return checkForBadJavascripts;
}

function addJS_Node (text, s_URL, funcToRun) {
    var D                                   = document;
    var scriptNode                          = D.createElement ('script');
    scriptNode.type                         = "text/javascript";
    if (text)       scriptNode.textContent  = text;
    if (s_URL)      scriptNode.src          = s_URL;
    if (funcToRun)  scriptNode.textContent  = '(' + funcToRun.toString() + ')()';

    var targ = D.getElementsByTagName ('head')[0] || D.body || D.documentElement;
    //--- Don't error check here. if DOM not available, should throw error.
    targ.appendChild (scriptNode);
}