feat: add an attribute denylist for autocapture

src/__tests__/autocapture.js

@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ describe('Autocapture system', () => {
             expect(props['_ngcontent-dpm-c448']).toBeUndefined()
             expect(props['_nghost-dpm-c448']).toBeUndefined()
         })
+
+        it('should filter element attributes based on the denylist', () => {
+            autocapture.config = {
+                element_attribute_denylist: ['data-attr', 'data-attr-2'],
+            }
+            div.setAttribute('data-attr', 'value')
+            div.setAttribute('data-attr-2', 'value')
+            div.setAttribute('data-attr-3', 'value')
+            const props = autocapture._getPropertiesFromElement(div)
+            expect(props['attr__data-attr']).toBeUndefined()
+            expect(props['attr__data-attr-2']).toBeUndefined()
+            expect(props['attr__data-attr-3']).toBe('value')
+        })
     })
 
     describe('_getAugmentPropertiesFromElement', () => {

src/autocapture.ts

@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ const autocapture = {
                 return c !== ''
             })
 
+        // capture the deny list here because this not-a-class class makes it tricky to use this.config in the function below
+        const elementAttributeDenylist = this.config?.element_attribute_denylist
         _each(elem.attributes, function (attr: Attr) {
             // Only capture attributes we know are safe
             if (isSensitiveElement(elem) && ['name', 'id', 'class'].indexOf(attr.name) === -1) return
 
+            if (elementAttributeDenylist?.includes(attr.name)) return
+
             if (!maskInputs && shouldCaptureValue(attr.value) && !isAngularStyleAttr(attr.name)) {
                 props['attr__' + attr.name] = limitText(1024, attr.value)
             }

src/types.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ export interface AutocaptureConfig {
      * e.g. ['[ph-capture]']
      */
     css_selector_allowlist?: string[]
+
+    /**
+     * Exclude certain element attributes from autocapture
+     * E.g. ['aria-label'] or [data-attr-pii]
+     */
+    element_attribute_denylist?: string[]
 }
 
 export type UUIDVersion = 'og' | 'v7'