# Request Control

> An extension for controlling requests.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/requestcontrol](https://chrome-stats.com/d/requestcontrol)

## Overview

- **ID:** `requestcontrol`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tumpio
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 720
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Rating:** 4.72 / 5 (57 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.15.5
- **Last updated:** 2020-07-07
- **First published:** 2016-09-23
- **Size:** 145 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/requestcontrol/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tumpio/requestcontrol/issues](https://github.com/tumpio/requestcontrol/issues)

## Description

Request Control is a powerful Chrome extension designed to give users full control over their web requests using the Firefox webRequest.onBeforeRequest API. This extension offers versatile rule-based management:

- **Filter:** Skip URL redirection and remove query parameters.
- **Redirect:** Rewrite requests with pattern capturing for dynamic URL redirects.
- **Secure:** Automatically upgrade HTTP requests to secure HTTPS.
- **Block:** Prevent requests before they are made.
- **Whitelist:** Allow specific requests without interference.

Perfect for privacy-conscious users, Request Control includes a default list of privacy-focused filter rules. Detailed documentation, FAQs, and source code are available for transparency and customization. Enhance your browsing security and control web traffic effortlessly with this essential extension.

## Rankings

- #4,058 — Overall
- #3 — request
- #15 — control
- #25 — self control
- #174 — license
- #207 — upgrade

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Request Control is praised for its rich features and unique ability to use URL parameters within requests. Most users find it functional and reliable. However, some experience issues such as broken functionality when replacing images and noticeable delays before redirects. Overall, it is considered a powerful and versatile request editor despite some reported bugs.

### Pros

- Most universal and feature rich request editor available.
- Allows using parameters' values from the request URL, a unique feature not found in other editors.
- Works as expected in general usage.

### Cons

- Addon appears broken for some users, specifically cannot replace images.
- There is a noticeable pause before redirects occur.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/requestcontrol)