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  Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
  Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
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<module name="Module ngx_http_sub_module"
        link="/en/docs/http/ngx_http_sub_module.html"
        lang="en"
        rev="1">

<section id="summary">

<para>
The <literal>ngx_http_sub_module</literal> module is a filter
that modifies a response by replacing one specified string by another.
</para>

<para>
This module is not built by default, it should be enabled with the
<literal>--with-http_sub_module</literal>
configuration parameter.
</para>

</section>


<section id="example" name="Example Configuration">

<para>
<example>
location / {
    sub_filter      &lt;/head&gt;
        '&lt;/head&gt;&lt;script language="javascript" src="$script"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;';
    sub_filter_once on;
}
</example>
</para>

</section>


<section id="directives" name="Directives">

<directive name="sub_filter">
<syntax><value>string</value> <value>replacement</value></syntax>
<default/>
<context>http</context>
<context>server</context>
<context>location</context>

<para>
Sets a string that needs to be changed, and a replacement string.
The string to be replaced is matched ignoring the case.
A replacement string can contain variables.
</para>

</directive>


<directive name="sub_filter_once">
<syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax>
<default>on</default>
<context>http</context>
<context>server</context>
<context>location</context>

<para>
Determines how many times to look for a string to be replaced,
once or several times.
</para>

</directive>


<directive name="sub_filter_types">
<syntax><value>mime-type</value> ...</syntax>
<default>text/html</default>
<context>http</context>
<context>server</context>
<context>location</context>

<para>
Enables string replacement in responses with the specified MIME types
in addition to “<literal>text/html</literal>”.
The special value “<literal>*</literal>” matches any MIME type (0.8.29).
</para>

</directive>

</section>

</module>