Rickroller¶

Rickrolling is when you trick someone into clicking a link which unexpectedly directs them to the music video Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley. This famous bait and switch practice helped the music video acquire over one billion views on YouTube as of July 2021.

Challenge¶

Your task for this project is to implement the ultimate rickroll... Build a chrome extension that modifies random links within Google Search so that they point to the music video Never Gonna Give You Up. The extension is meant to be installed on your enemy's browser, obviously

Demo¶

Demo

Setup¶

Create a directory named rickroller as the project root. Give it a single file, manifest.json.

Project Structure

rickroller/
  manifest.json

manifest.json

{
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "name": "Rickroller",
    "description": "Infuriate your enemy by rickrolling them with google search results.",
    "version": "1.0"
}

Hint

You may find the docs for content scripts helpful.