gaming-hub/electron/ad-blocker.js

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

function setupAdBlocker(session) {
  // Load filter domains
  const filtersPath = path.join(__dirname, 'filters.txt');
  let rawFilters;
  try {
    rawFilters = fs.readFileSync(filtersPath, 'utf-8');
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('[AdBlocker] Could not load filters.txt:', err.message);
    return;
  }

  // Parse: each line is either a domain, a URL path pattern, or a regex
  const blockedDomains = new Set();
  const blockedPatterns = [];

  for (const line of rawFilters.split('\n')) {
    const trimmed = line.trim();
    if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;

    if (trimmed.startsWith('/') && trimmed.endsWith('/')) {
      // Regex pattern
      try {
        blockedPatterns.push(new RegExp(trimmed.slice(1, -1)));
      } catch {
        // invalid regex, skip
      }
    } else if (trimmed.includes('/')) {
      // URL path pattern (string match)
      blockedPatterns.push(trimmed);
    } else {
      // Domain
      blockedDomains.add(trimmed);
    }
  }

  let blockedCount = 0;

  session.webRequest.onBeforeRequest((details, callback) => {
    try {
      const url = new URL(details.url);
      const hostname = url.hostname;

      // Check domain blocklist (including subdomains)
      for (const domain of blockedDomains) {
        if (hostname === domain || hostname.endsWith('.' + domain)) {
          blockedCount++;
          callback({ cancel: true });
          return;
        }
      }

      // Check URL patterns
      const fullUrl = details.url;
      for (const pattern of blockedPatterns) {
        if (pattern instanceof RegExp) {
          if (pattern.test(fullUrl)) {
            blockedCount++;
            callback({ cancel: true });
            return;
          }
        } else if (fullUrl.includes(pattern)) {
          blockedCount++;
          callback({ cancel: true });
          return;
        }
      }
    } catch {
      // URL parsing error, allow request
    }

    callback({});
  });

  // Log stats periodically
  setInterval(() => {
    if (blockedCount > 0) {
      console.log(`[AdBlocker] ${blockedCount} requests blocked`);
    }
  }, 30000);

  console.log(`[AdBlocker] Loaded ${blockedDomains.size} domains + ${blockedPatterns.length} patterns`);
}

module.exports = { setupAdBlocker };