Allow copying from protected Google Doc

https://gist.github.com/Snarp/6c06f60899ca3f43bdd3d8170885f83f

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40296831/is-it-possible-to-force-a-copy-of-a-protected-google-doc

NOTE - 2021-05-24

The script below isn’t the fastest way to copy-and-paste from a protected Google Doc. Before trying it, I’d suggest following MikoFrosty’s advice from the comments:

1. Change the end of the document url from /edit to /mobilebasic.

2. Disable Javascript (as described in steps 2 and 3 below).

3. Keeping the console open, reload the page.

That should be enough to allow you to copy freely. The script here is probably only necessary if the /mobilebasic view isn’t rendering something correctly.

HOW TO USE

1. Open the protected Doc using Chrome. Scroll all the way down to the bottom to make sure that it is entirely loaded.

2. Open Chrome Developer Tools (<Ctrl+Shift+I>), and click “Console” to open the Javascript Console.

3. Open the Command Console (<Ctrl+Shift+P>). Type “javascript”, and select the option “Disable Javascript” when it appears.

4. Copy the script below into the Javascript console.

5. Leaving the Javascript Console open, you may now copy-and-paste from the document as normal. (Some formatting may be broken. Closing the console may re-lock copy-and-pasting.)

6. (OPTIONAL) To copy the entire document as plain text (no formatting), type the following into the console:

   document.body.innerText

The text will be loaded into the Console itself; copy it by clicking the gray-highlighted “COPY” at the end.

function rtcScript() { document.oncontextmenu = null; document.onselectstart = null; document.onmousedown = null; document.onclick = null; document.oncopy = null; document.oncut = null; var elements = document.getElementsByTagName(’*’); for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { elements[i].oncontextmenu = null; elements[i].onselectstart = null; elements[i].onmousedown = null; elements[i].oncopy = null; elements[i].oncut = null; } function preventShareThis() { document.getSelection = window.getSelection = function() { return {isCollapsed: true}; } } var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’); for (var i = 0; i < scripts.length; i++) { if (scripts[i].src.indexOf(‘w.sharethis.com’) > -1) { preventShareThis(); } } if (typeof Tynt != ‘undefined’) { Tynt = null; } } rtcScript(); setInterval(rtcScript, 2000);