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Issue 29767583: Issue 6626 - Document the rewrite filter option (Closed) Base URL: https://hg.adblockplus.org/web.adblockplus.org/
Patch Set: Fixes Created May 15, 2018, 5:47 p.m.
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{{s75 <code><fix>donottrack</fix></code> — for any address matching a blocking rule with
this option and not matching any exception rules with this option a
<a href="http://donottrack.us/">Do-Not-Track header</a> will be sent (requires
Adblock Plus 1.3.5 or higher).}} {{s76 For backwards compatibility it is recommended
to use this option in combination with contradicting type options, this will prevent this
filter from blocking anything in earlier Adblock Plus versions:
<code><fix>*$donottrack,image,~image</fix></code>}}
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+ {{rewriteoption Rewrite the URL with the option <code><fix>rewrite=</fix></code>. You may want to create a regular expression filter to perform the rewrite operation. In that case, you can use <code><fix>$n</fix></code> in the rewrite argument, with <code><fix>n</fix></code> being a number between 1 and 100, to insert the n-th parenthesis submatch of the filter regular expression. Anything not explicitly matched by it will be added in the rewritten string. For example <code><fix>/(server.com\/assets\/file.php)\?.*$/$rewrite=$1</fix></code> will strip everything that comes after ".php" and redirects the request to the resulting URL. If there is no query string (i.e. no '?'), this filter won't match. The rewrite parameter has the same syntax as JavaScript’s <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace#Specifying_a_string_as_a_parameter"><code><fix>String.prototype.replace()</fix></code></a>. The resulting URL must have the same origin; in case it is rewritten to a relative URL, the origin gets added back. If both, a filter with/without <code><fix>$rewrite</fix></code> option matches, the behavior is undefined, i.e. the request might either be blocked or redirected. (Adblock Plus 3.2 or higher required.)}}
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<h4 id="regexps">{{s77 Using regular expressions}}</h4>
<p>{{s79 If you want even more control about what your filters match and what they don't match, you can use regular expressions. For example the filter <code><fix>/banner\d+/</fix></code> will match <code><fix>banner123</fix></code> and <code><fix>banner321</fix></code> but not <code><fix>banners</fix></code>. You can check out <a href="{{s79-link https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide/Regular_Expressions#Writing_a_Regular_Expression_Pattern}}">documentation on regular expressions</a> to learn how to write them.}}</p>
<p>{{s80 <em>Note</em>: For performance reasons it is recommended not to use regular expressions if they can be avoided.}}</p>
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