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[Feature request] Option to not log some headers (cookies for instance)

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, shell

Research direction

Start by locating the entry point that echoes request data as JSON and reading how request headers are selected. Define the configuration and header-filtering behavior, then verify that excluded cookies or named headers no longer appear in the echoed output.

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Description

Hello folks,

I think it would be nice if it was possible to add an option to filter out some headers (very generic) or at least an option to filter out cookies.

While this can be useful, it can also be undesirable to log the cookies. In a context where the app is used in a shared environment and developers call it directly for some tests, it could happen that users cookies are logged and could be used for impersonation. Obviously, by nature, this app has such security "issues" but it would still be nice to be able to disable logging some items when you want to be a bit safer.

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Merged PRs (30d)
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