topic Re: Webrequest cleanrule does not work in Open Q&A

Webrequest cleanrule does not work

henk_stobbe — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:36:54 GMT

Good morning,

I am trying below cleanup rule:

(also tried %20 without ()), but that also did not work.

Is is a bug or is it a feature?

KR Henk

Re: Webrequest cleanrule does not work

Julius_Loman — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 08:05:58 GMT

Maybe escaping the % with a \ ?

Re: Webrequest cleanrule does not work

henk_stobbe — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 08:57:39 GMT

Hi Julius,

Thanks for the hint, sorry no luck....

Also tried " " \u0020 , (%)20 (-;

KR Henk

Re: Webrequest cleanrule does not work

joseandrescalvo — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 12:57:13 GMT

Hi. Tested %20 as regular expression for clean up and it works.

Anycase, there is no need to include a capture group in regular expresions for cleanup rules: all matching strings are removed.

Re: Webrequest cleanrule does not work

henk_stobbe — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:10:46 GMT

Hello Jose,

Thanks for your reply, need to investigate at my end. This does not work for my envoronment )-;

KR Henk

Re: Webrequest cleanrule does not work

henk_stobbe — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:34:35 GMT

Hello,

A second look: the %20 is part of a placeholder (URL query),

I created a naming rule adding a "query parameter". After adding the cleanup rule of %20, you can clearly see that this has no impact on the placeholder

So the solution is simple ,

You create two placeholders one that stops at the %20 and one that starts at %20 (so you split up with the help of the %20)

Have a great weekend!