Comments on: Why your BPM scripts should use Download Filters http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/vugen-download-filters/ Expert consulting services with HP Software Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:19:03 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stuart Moncrieff http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/vugen-download-filters/#comment-5949 Stuart Moncrieff Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:48:08 +0000 http://www.jds.net.au/?p=288#comment-5949 I actually like to add download filters using the web_add_auto_filter function, rather than the script runtime settings. This allows me to put a comment in the script saying *why* the download filter is necessary. Syntax for an "exclude" filter is: <pre lang="c" line="1"> // Exclude requests to Google Analytics, so BPM script will not mess up usage metrics web_add_auto_filter("Action=Exclude", "Host=www.google-analytics.com", LAST); </pre> It is actually best practice to use "include" filters instead of "exclude" filters. This allows you to whitelist acceptable hosts, rather than continue to maintain a blacklist of hosts that should not be accessed. The syntax for an "include" filter is: <pre lang="c" line="1"> // Only allow requests to www.jds.net.au to exclude any ads or tracking code from other servers (e.g. Google Analytics) web_add_auto_filter("Action=Include", "Host=www.jds.net.au", LAST); </pre> I actually like to add download filters using the web_add_auto_filter function, rather than the script runtime settings. This allows me to put a comment in the script saying *why* the download filter is necessary.

Syntax for an “exclude” filter is:

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  // Exclude requests to Google Analytics, so BPM script will not mess up usage metrics
  web_add_auto_filter("Action=Exclude", "Host=www.google-analytics.com", LAST);

It is actually best practice to use “include” filters instead of “exclude” filters. This allows you to whitelist acceptable hosts, rather than continue to maintain a blacklist of hosts that should not be accessed.

The syntax for an “include” filter is:

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  // Only allow requests to www.jds.net.au to exclude any ads or tracking code from other servers (e.g. Google Analytics)
  web_add_auto_filter("Action=Include", "Host=www.jds.net.au", LAST);
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