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Handling Twitter tracking parameters
arthurlockman Mar 12, 2022
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Handling special website cases in a less naïve way
arthurlockman Mar 13, 2022
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion TrackerZapper.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
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Expand Up @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
);
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
MARKETING_VERSION = 1.2.1;
MARKETING_VERSION = 1.2.2;
PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.rknightuk.TrackerZapper;
PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
SWIFT_VERSION = 5.0;
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58 changes: 4 additions & 54 deletions TrackerZapper/AppDelegate.swift
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Expand Up @@ -157,58 +157,6 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
let detector = try! NSDataDetector(types: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType.link.rawValue)
let matches = detector.matches(in: item, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: item.utf16.count))

// prefixes from various places including
// https://github.com/newhouse/url-tracking-stripper/blob/master/assets/js/trackers.js
let REMOVE = [
"_bta_c",
"_bta_tid",
"_ga",
"_hsenc",
"_hsmi",
"_ke",
"_openstat",
"cid",
"dm_i",
"ef_id",
"epik",
"fbclid",
"gclid",
"gclsrc",
"gdffi",
"gdfms",
"gdftrk",
"hsa_",
"igshid",
"matomo_",
"mc_",
"mkwid",
"msclkid",
"mtm_",
"ns_",
"oly_anon_id",
"oly_enc_id",
"otc",
"pcrid",
"piwik_",
"pk_",
"rb_clickid",
"redirect_log_mongo_id",
"redirect_mongo_id",
"ref",
"s_kwcid",
"sb_referer_host",
"scrolla",
"soc_src",
"soc_trk",
"spm",
"sr_",
"srcid",
"stm_",
"trk_",
"utm_",
"vero_",
]

var formatted = item

for match in matches {
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if (urlParts.indices.contains(1))
{
var params = urlParts[1].components(separatedBy: "&")
for r in REMOVE {
params = params.filter { !$0.starts(with: r)}
for r in paramsToRemove {
if (url.contains(r.website)) {
params = params.filter { !$0.starts(with: r.parameterPrefix) }
}
}
let joinedParams = params.joined(separator: "&")

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83 changes: 83 additions & 0 deletions TrackerZapper/TrackerURLParameters.swift
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//
// TrackerURLParameters.swift
// TrackerZapper
//
// Created by Arthur Lockman on 3/13/22.
//

import Foundation

class TrackerParameter {
var website: String = ""
var parameterPrefix: String

init(parameterPrefix: String, website: String)
{
self.website = website
self.parameterPrefix = parameterPrefix
}

init(parameterPrefix: String)
{
self.website = ""
self.parameterPrefix = parameterPrefix
}
}

// prefixes from various places including
// https://github.com/newhouse/url-tracking-stripper/blob/master/assets/js/trackers.js
let paramsToRemove = [
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_bta_c"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_bta_tid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_ga"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_hsenc"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_hsmi"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_ke"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "_openstat"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "cid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "dm_i"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "ef_id"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "epik"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "fbclid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "gclid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "gclsrc"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "gdffi"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "gdfms"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "gdftrk"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "hsa_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "igshid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "matomo_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "mc_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "mkwid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "msclkid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "mtm_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "ns_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "oly_anon_id"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "oly_enc_id"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "otc"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "pcrid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "piwik_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "pk_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "rb_clickid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "redirect_log_mongo_id"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "redirect_mongo_id"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "ref"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "s_kwcid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "sb_referer_host"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "scrolla"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "soc_src"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "soc_trk"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "spm"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "sr_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "srcid"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "stm_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "trk_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "utm_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "vero_"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "t", website: "twitter"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "s", website: "twitter"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "si", website: "spotify"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "pd_", website: "amazon"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "pf_", website: "amazon"),
TrackerParameter(parameterPrefix: "ref_", website: "amazon")
]