Unhide Magento Connect Extension Keys Without Logging In

When you’re working on your store and trying to get something important done, momentum matters a lot, and anything that interrupts your workflow can really get you out of the zone. I find that this happens to me a lot when I just want to take a free Magento Connect extension for a spin. Normally, you have to log in to MagentoCommerce.com, and I tend to forget my username and password for sites, so I’ll end up resetting my password, waiting for the password reset e-mail…you know the drill. I quickly tired of this and decided to see if the extension key was just hidden in the source code. Sure enough, it was right there in plaintext!
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This discovery prompted some tinkering in the Javascript console:
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document.getElementById("actkey").type = "none";
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And just like that, the textbox containing our extension key became visible right nelow the “Get Extension Key” button.
With a bit more work, I formed this into a GreaseMonkey script, which means I don’t even have to pull out the JS console when I want another extension or, or remember the element ID of that textbox. Install it and it’ll automatically unhide all the extension keys for every free extension on magentocommerce.com.