Whitelisting & Blacklisting

Blacklisting and whitelisting websites can be useful to prevent HopMyTrack from making requests to specific websites during the search process. This can be helpful when you want to exclude certain websites from the search results or focus only on specific websites.

Note: You will still be able to see the blacklisted websites in the search results, but no requests will be made to them.

Blacklisting websites

To blacklist websites, you can set the argument --blacklist or -b to a comma-separated list of website IDs.

For example:

$ hmt "username:john_doe" --blacklist github,gitlab # Blacklist GitHub and GitLab

This will prevent HopMyTrack from making requests to the specified websites during the search process.

Using the input file

You can also use an input file to provide the blacklist argument. The input file should contain one argument per line.

For example:

# input.yml
query: ... # The search query
blacklist:  # Blacklist GitHub and GitLab
    - github
    - gitlab

To see how to use the input file, refer to the Using the input file section.

Whitelisting websites

To whitelist websites, you can set the argument --whitelist or -w to a comma-separated list of website IDs.

For example:

$ hmt "username:john_doe" --whitelist twitter,linkedin # Whitelist Twitter and LinkedIn

This will restrict HopMyTrack to only make requests to the specified websites during the search process.

Using the input file

You can also use an input file to provide the whitelist argument. The input file should contain one argument per line.

Note: If both the --blacklist and --whitelist arguments are provided, the --blacklist argument will take precedence.

For example:

# input.yml
query: ... # The search query
whitelist: # Whitelist Twitter and LinkedIn
    - twitter
    - linkedin

To see how to use the input file, refer to the Using the input file section.