adblock-rust-server

Server wrapper for the adblock crate using Unix domain sockets.

Created for blockit, but can be used in any program that supports Unix domain sockets.

Usage

Add urls of filter lists (e.g. https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt) to ~/.config/ars/urls.
Custom rules (e.g. ###customAd) should be added to ~/.config/ars/lists/custom.

API

After launching adblock-rust-server connect to /tmp/ars socket file to start communicating. Every request and response message have to end with a new line character \n. Two request types are supported:

Network request

n <request_url> <source_url> <request_type>

For example: n https://duckduckgo.com/p103.js https://duckduckgo.com/ script

Checks if the request should be blocked. Returns 1 if it should and 0 if not.

Cosmetic request

c <website_url> <ids> <classes>

For example: c https://duckduckgo.com/ pg-index wedonttrack content_homepage logo_homepage_link

Returns a CSS rule that hides unwanted elements. <ids> and <classes> are lists of id/class names separated by the tab character \t.

Reload engine request

r Restarts the adblock-rust engine applying any changes made to fiter lists or custom rules.

Force update request

u Updates every filter list and restarts the engine.