SYMBOL

Updated on 2022-09-19 GMT+08:00

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Mask the content before or after a special character and retain the rest characters.

Request Parameters

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
algorithm	Yes	String	Algorithm type, for example, SYMBOL
parameters	Yes	For details, see Table 2.	Parameters for configuring a data masking algorithm

**Table 2** Parameters for configuring a data masking algorithm
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
type	Yes	String	Character masking methods are described as follows: CHAR: Character masking RAND: Random masking
method	Yes	String	Masking method If type is set to RAND, this parameter can be set as follows: CHAR: Replace the data to be masked with characters. DIGITAL: Replace the data to be masked with numbers. BOTH: Replace the data to be masked with letters and numbers.
direction	Yes	Int	Masking direction 0: Mask the content before a special character. 1: Mask the content after a special character.
symbol	Yes	String	Specified special character

Example Request

{
    "mask_strategies": [
        {
            "name": "col1",
            "algorithm": "SYMBOL",
            "parameters": {
                "type": "CHAR",
                "direction": 1,
                "symbol": "@",
                "method": "x"
            }
        }
    ],
    "data": [
        {
            "col1": "test"
        }
    ]
}
Or
{
    "mask_strategies": [
        {
            "name": "col1",
"algorithm": "SYMBOL", // Parameter for configuring a data masking algorithm
            "parameters": {
                "type": "RAND",
                "direction": 0,
                "symbol": "@",
                "method": "CHAR"
            }
        }
    ],
    "data": [
        {
            "col1": "test"
        }
    ]
}

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