Traffic Filters

When you record a web application, the resulting script can include a lot of unwanted, application-independent traffic. This unwanted traffic can overload a script considerably and it can make a script look messy when it actually contains just a few lines of application-relevant code.

To tidy up a script and include only the traffic that was intended to be recorded, you can use the filters on the Capture File page. Silk Performer provides the following filters:

• A general filter: This filter allows you to exclude proprietary TCP/IP traffic, UDP traffic, and traffic from browser-specific domains.
• A domain filter: This filter allows you to exclude traffic from specific domains. You can use it to filter traffic from third-party components that are embedded into a website, like social media or statistic plugins.
• A path and query filter: This filter allows you to exclude web requests (API calls) from a script.