Only capture external urls

PostHog · Jun 21, 2024 · e60c7e5 · e60c7e5
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commit e60c7e5
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/autocapture.ts b/src/autocapture.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import { AUTOCAPTURE_DISABLED_SERVER_SIDE } from './constants'
 
 import { isBoolean, isFunction, isNull, isObject, isUndefined } from './utils/type-utils'
 import { logger } from './utils/logger'
-import { document, window } from './utils/globals'
+import { document, location, window } from './utils/globals'
+import { convertToURL } from './utils/request-utils'
 
 const COPY_AUTOCAPTURE_EVENT = '$copy_autocapture'
 
@@ -322,8 +323,13 @@ export class Autocapture {
                 }
             }
 
+            let externalClickHref: string | undefined
             if (href) {
                 elementsJson[0]['attr__href'] = href
+                const hrefHost = convertToURL(href)?.host
+                if (e.type === 'click' && hrefHost && location?.host && hrefHost !== location.host) {
+                    externalClickHref = href
+                }
             }
 
             if (explicitNoCapture) {
@@ -340,7 +346,7 @@ export class Autocapture {
                           $elements: elementsJson,
                       },
                 elementsJson[0]?.['$el_text'] ? { $el_text: elementsJson[0]?.['$el_text'] } : {},
-                e.type === 'click' && href ? { $click_href: href } : {},
+                externalClickHref ? { $external_click_href: externalClickHref } : {},
                 autocaptureAugmentProperties
             )