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Reverse image search extensions fail on Instagram; here's the fix

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Most reverse image search extensions break on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook because those sites overlay transparent elements that block right-click image detection. A developer built a fallback ladder that uses a content script to capture the context menu event and walk the DOM to find the actual image URL. The solution also handles cases where the image URL is a blob or data URI by fetching and re-uploading the image.

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This is a practical developer fix for a common UX frustration, but it's niche — most users won't notice until they try to search an image on a social platform.
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