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Monosearch reads Amazon product and seller data from pages you view and forwards it to the vendor's mnsearch.com and mnrate.com backends.
On Amazon pages, the content script extracts ASINs, prices, seller IDs and identification numbers and relays them through the background worker to mnsearch.com and mnrate.com for its reselling-research feature. It also fetches a remote configuration file (recommendsite.json) from mnsearch.com and injects a server-chosen link as a recommendation banner into pages. The extension requests access to all http and https sites even though its active logic only runs on Amazon.
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Findings
Remote recommendation config injects page links
Monosearch requests a recommendation config from mnsearch.com, then picks a URL from the recommend list and renders it as a clickable banner on shopping pages.
The link destination can change whenever the server updates the config.
You browse a supported shopping page while the recommendation feature is enabled.
The extension fetches a recommendation list and places one server-provided URL into a clickable page banner.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Recommendation URL | https://netsedori.com/archives/5304 | This is the destination that can open when you click the recommendation image shown on the page. | |
Recommendation title | ミントの電脳せどりブログ | This gives context for the recommendation entry but does not identify you by itself. | |
Recommendation date | 2018/11/14 | This describes the configured recommendation entry and can be changed by the configuration publisher. |
The request, selection, and banner rendering code paths
static get json() {
return {
API: {
recommend: "https://mnsearch.com/media/recommendsite.json",
advertisement_spot: "https://mnsearch.com/media/advertisement_spot_parameter.json"
}
}
}
class bt extends ht {
constructor(t) {
super(t)
}
exec(t, e, a) {
return this.sendGetSellerData(t, a)
}
sendGetSellerData(t, e) {
let a = G.json.API,
i = t.jsonAPI.type;
return this.param = {
url: a[i]
}, this.send({}, e), !0
}
}class fr extends Ma {
constructor() {
super()
}
request() {
return new Promise(((e, t) => {
chrome.runtime.sendMessage({
jsonAPI: {
type: "recommend"
}
}, (t => {
e(t)
}))
}))
}
}
async start(e) {
this._eventView.sender = e => {};
let t = await this._advancedSettingModel.get();
try {
let e = await this._monosarchJSONDataModel.request();
this._targetURL = this.choiceTargetURL(e)
} catch (e) {}
let a = await this._monosarchAdvJSONDataModel.request();
this._advURLs = a, this.startAdv(t)
}
startAdv(e) {
this._view.targetURL = this._targetURL, this._view.advURLs = this._advURLs, this._view.setMonoSearchAdvertisementEnableFlag(e.monoSearchAdvertisementEnableFlag), this._view.start()
}
choiceTargetURL(e) {
let t = e.recommend.length;
return t ? e.recommend[Math.floor(Math.random() * t)].url : ""
}createRecommendBiggerBanner(e = "detail_product_under", t = "msExProAdvertisementTitle", a = "") {
let i = this.randRecommendBiggerBanner(this._targetURL);
return i.url = this._targetURL, At.createBiggerBanner({
_SHOW_HIDE_CLAZZ: this._SHOW_HIDE_CLAZZ,
adBannerPrefix: e,
msg: t,
clazzName: a,
openCloseTypeClazzName: this.getOpenCloseTypeClazzName(),
bannerData: i
})
}
randRecommendBiggerBanner(e) {
Math.floor(100 * Math.random());
let t = this._RECOMMEND_BANNER.HASHI_001,
a = chrome.i18n.getMessage("msExProAdvertisementTitle");
return {
path: t,
bannerType: 100,
hrefAtImage: e,
hrefAtComment: this._PRO_URL,
bannerTitle: a
}
}- mnsearch.com
Provides the recommendation configuration that supplies URL entries used by the page banner.
- netsedori.com
One current recommendation URL value returned by the configuration endpoint during enrichment.
- keigo10.com
One current recommendation URL value returned by the configuration endpoint during enrichment.
- reiji-fukuyama.com
One current recommendation URL value returned by the configuration endpoint during enrichment.