replace-xhr-response

The replace-xhr-response snippet replaces the response of a XHR request if the response text matches a given regular expression pattern.

Name	Description	Mandatory	Default
search	String or regex pattern run against the stringified XHR response.	Yes	n.a.
replacement	Everything that matches the regex will be replaced with this.	No	empty string
needle	Replacement only happens if needle text is present in the response. Enclose in `/` for regex.	No	empty string

Filter	Result
`replace-xhr-response '/ads:\\[(.*?)\\]/'`	Removes anything like `ads:[any-string]` from every response body.
`replace-xhr-response 'serve-ads:true' 'serve-ads:false'`	Replaces the string in the response body.
`replace-xhr-response 'serve-ads:true' 'serve-ads:false' example.com`	Replaces only if the response contains "example.com".

Message	When	Definition
`XMLHttpRequest proxied`	After wrapping XMLHttpRequest	XHR calls are intercepted.
`Needle found in XHR response`	Matching needle found	We will look for the search parameter next.
`Needle not found in XHR response`	Needle not found	Response will not be modified.
`Search * replaced with replacement in XHR response`	After replacement	The response was successfully replaced.