🔒 Obfuscate Transformer

The Obfuscate transformer is used to obfuscate or mask string values by replacing characters with a specified symbol.

🔁 Alternation

This transformer mutates the existing row value by partially replacing characters.

✅ Valid Data Types

• String

⚙️ Options

Option	Type	Description	Default
symbol	String	The character to use for obfuscation.	*
start-at	Integer	The 0-based index where obfuscation starts.	3
stop-at	Integer	The 0-based index where obfuscation stops.	None (to end of string)

🧪 Examples

Example 1: Default behavior

[[table.columns]]
name = "column-example"
transformer = "obfuscate"

Input:  "Obfuscation example"
Output: "Obf****************"

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Example 2: Specifying symbol

[[table.columns]]
name = "column-example"
transformer = { obfuscate = { symbol = "?" } }

Input:  "Obfuscation example"
Output: "Obf????????????????"

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Example 3: Specifying start-at

[[table.columns]]
name = "column-example"
transformer = { obfuscate = { start-at = 10 } }

Input:  "Obfuscation example"
Output: "Obfuscatio*********"

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Example 4: Specifying stop-at

[[table.columns]]
name = "column-example"
transformer = { obfuscate = { stop-at = 10 } }

Input:  "Obfuscation example"
Output: "Obf*******n example"

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Example 5: Specifying all options

[[table.columns]]
name = "column-example"
transformer = { obfuscate = { start-at = 15, stop-at = 26, symbol = "~" } }

Input:  "Only obfuscate transformer text"
Output: "Only obfuscate ~~~~~~~~~~~ text"

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🪄 Alias Support

You can also use the alias redact:

[[table.columns]]
name = "column-example"
transformer = "redact"