Regex (Regular Expression)
Regular Expression
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Regular Expression
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From the 2.3.0 version, Proxyman supports Wildcard and Regex (Match a whole word) when you define matching rules for all available tools:
Map Local
Map Remote
Block & Allow List
Breakpoints
Protocol Buffers (Protobuf)
Reverse Proxy
Network Throttling
...
It's a handy tool to help you exactly define which requests should trigger the tool.
From Proxyman v4.8.0, you can quickly test your Rule (Wildcard / Regex).
You can quickly test & play around with your Wildcard/Regex
Save time: You don't need to go back and forth to check your URL.
Less error-prone.
Open any debugging tools (Breakpoint, Map Local, ...) -> Create a new rule
Click on the "Test your Rule" underline button -> New Window is opened.
Add your Rule and URLs you'd like to check
✅ Matched: Your URL is matched with your rule.
⚠️ Not Matched: Your URL doesn't match your rule. You might rewrite your wildcard/Regex rule.
Proxyman supports simple Wildcard characters, which include * and ?
Wildcard | Purpose |
| The asterisk in a wildcard matches any character zero or more times. |
| A question mark matches a single character once. |
For instance:
http://proxyman.io/v1/*
https://myserver.com/v?/*
Proxyman also supports Regex.
Make sure your regex is matching a whole URL.
Partial Matching is considered as not matching.
Make sure you escape characters properly: Splash (/), full-stop (.), etc.
For instance:
| Regex | Matched URL Examples |
|---|---|
https:\/\/proxyman\.io.* | https://proxyman.io https://proxyman.io/v1/data?id=123 https://proxyman.io/pricing |
^(http|https):\/\/www\.google\.com.* | http://www.google.com http://www.google.com/user?id=proxyman https://www.google.com |
^(http|https)?:\/\/www\.google\.com\/v[0-9]?\/build\?query=proxyman | http://www.google.com/v1/build?query=proxyman www.google.com/v2/build?query=proxyman |
You can use https://regex101.com/ to verify your Regex that matches the whole text.
Please check the Regex Metacharacters, Operator and Flag from Apple Developer Documents to know which one is supported.
Check https://regex101.com and make sure your Regex is full-matching with the given URL
Select Regex when creating rules
With regular expressions the meaning of ? and * is different from that of wildcards. The equivalent of wildcard ? is the regex . and the equivalent of wildcard * is the regex .*
