Removing certain query string parameters only

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lukebussey

• November 26, 2015 23:22

I had a need to remove the following query string parameters but leaving all other intact.

• utm_campaign
• utm_medium
• utm_source
• utm_content
• utm_term
• mkt_tok

Here’s the VCL solution I came up with, adding to Fastly’s default VCL:

import boltsort;

sub vcl_recv {

  # Request URL contains a query string
  if (req.url ~ "\?") {

    # Does request URL contain utm_* or mkt_tok parameters
    if (req.url ~ "(utm_[a-z]+|mkt_tok)") {

      # Remove key/value pair and optional trailing &
      set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "(?:utm_[a-z]+|mkt_tok)=[^&]+&?", "");

      # Remove trailing & or only ?
      set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "\??&?$", "");

    }

    # Sort remaining parameters
    set req.url = boltsort.sort(req.url);

  }

#FASTLY recv

  if (req.request != "HEAD" && req.request != "GET" && req.request != "FASTLYPURGE") {
    return(pass);
  }

  return(lookup);
}

If you want to test it out, add the following to vcl_deliver and look for the x-url header in the response, and it’ll show you the request URL sent to the origin:

set resp.http.x-url = req.url;

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  lukebussey

  • November 18, 2016 16:27

  There's a better way of doing this now:

  import querystring;
  
  /* remove client-side tracking parameters from querystring */
  if (req.url ~ "\?") {
      set req.url = querystring.clean(req.url);
      set req.url = querystring.regfilter(req.url, "utm_[a-z]+|mkt_tok|gclid");
      set req.url = querystring.sort(req.url);
  }
  

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