WA SET URL FILTERS

WA SET URL FILTERS ( {* ;} object ; filtersArr ; allowDenyArr )

Parameter	Type		Description
*	Operator	→	If specified, object is an object name (string) If omitted, object is a variable
object	any	→	Object name (if * is specified) or Variable (if * is omitted)
filtersArr	Text array	→	Filters array
allowDenyArr	Boolean array	→	Allow-deny array

Description

The WA SET URL FILTERS command sets up one or more filters for the Web area designated by the * and object parameters.

Before loading any page requested, 4D consults the list of filters in order to check whether or not the target URL is allowed. The evaluation of the URL is based on the contents of the filtersArr and allowDenyArr arrays.

If the requested URL is not allowed, it is not loaded and the On URL Filtering form event is generated.

The filtersArr and allowDenyArr arrays must be synchronized.

• Each element of the filtersArr array must contain a URL to be filtered. You can use the * as a wildcard to replace one or more characters.
• Each corresponding element in the allowDenyArr array must contain a Boolean indicating whether the URL must be allowed (True) or denied (False).

If there is a contradiction at the configuration level (the same URL is both allowed and denied), the last setting is the one taken into account.

To disable URL filtering, call the command and pass empty arrays or pass, respectively, the values "*" and True in the last elements of the filtersArr and allowDenyArr arrays.

Once the command has been executed, the filters become a property of the Web area. If the filtersArr and allowDenyArr arrays are deleted or reinitialized, the filters remain active as long as the command has not been executed again. To find out the active filters for an area, you must use the WA GET URL FILTERS command.

Important: The URL filtering performed by this command applies to any request to change the primary URL of the page, whether from the user, javascript code or 4D code, except for the WA OPEN URL command and URLs starting with "javascript:".

Example 1

You want to deny access for all the .org, .net and .fr Web sites:

 ARRAY TEXT($filters;0)
 ARRAY BOOLEAN($AllowDeny;0)
 
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*.org")
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False)
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*.net")
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False)
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*.fr")
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False)
 WA SET URL FILTERS(MyWArea;$filters;$AllowDeny)

Example 2

You want to deny access for all Web sites except Russian ones (.ru):

 ARRAY TEXT($filters;0)
 ARRAY BOOLEAN($AllowDeny;0)
 
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*") //Select all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False) //Deny all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"www.*.ru") //Select *.ru
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;True) //Allow
 WA SET URL FILTERS(MyWArea;$filters;$AllowDeny)

Example 3

You want to allow access only to 4D Web sites (.com, .fr, .es, etc.):

 ARRAY TEXT($filters;0)
 ARRAY BOOLEAN($AllowDeny;0)
 
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*") //Select all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False) //Deny all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"www.4D.*") //Select 4d.fr, 4d.com...
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;True) //Allow
 WA SET URL FILTERS(MyWArea;$filters;$AllowDeny)

Example 4

You want to allow local access to the documentation only (found in the folder C://doc):

 ARRAY TEXT($filters;0)
 ARRAY BOOLEAN($AllowDeny;0)
 
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*") //Select all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False) //Deny all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"file://C:/doc/*")
  //Select the path file:// allowed
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;True) //Allow
 WA SET URL FILTERS(MyWArea;$filters;$AllowDeny)

Example 5

You want to allow access for all sites except one, for example the Elcaro site:

 ARRAY TEXT($filters;0)
 ARRAY BOOLEAN($AllowDeny;0)
 
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*")
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;True) //Allow all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*elcaro*") //Deny all that contain elcaro
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False)
 WA SET URL FILTERS(MyWArea;$filters;$AllowDeny)

Example 6

You want to deny access to specific IP addresses:

 ARRAY TEXT($filters;0)
 ARRAY BOOLEAN($AllowDeny;0)
 
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;"*") //Select all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;True) //Allow all
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;86.83.*")  //Select IP addresses beginning with 86.83.
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False) //Deny
 APPEND TO ARRAY($filters;86.1*")  //Select IP addresses beginning with 86.1 (86.10, 86.135 etc.)
 APPEND TO ARRAY($AllowDeny;False) //Deny
 WA SET URL FILTERS(MyWArea;$filters;$AllowDeny)
  //(Note that the IP address of a domain may vary).

See also

WA GET URL FILTERS
WA SET EXTERNAL LINKS FILTERS

Properties

Command number	1030
Thread safe	✗