Remove instance variables for filter_headers, filter_query_params, ignore_localhost and ignore_hosts. These still exist on the VCR object, but they are automatically translated into a filter function when passed to the cassette.

vcr/filters.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse, urlencode, urlunparse
 import copy
 
 
-def _remove_headers(request, headers_to_remove):
+def remove_headers(request, headers_to_remove):
     headers = copy.copy(request.headers)
     headers_to_remove = [h.lower() for h in headers_to_remove]
     keys = [k for k in headers if k.lower() in headers_to_remove]
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def _remove_headers(request, headers_to_remove):
     return request
 
 
-def _remove_query_parameters(request, query_parameters_to_remove):
+def remove_query_parameters(request, query_parameters_to_remove):
     query = request.query
     new_query = [(k, v) for (k, v) in query
                  if k not in query_parameters_to_remove]
@@ -22,22 +22,3 @@ def _remove_query_parameters(request, query_parameters_to_remove):
         uri_parts[4] = urlencode(new_query)
         request.uri = urlunparse(uri_parts)
     return request
-
-
-def filter_request(
-        request,
-        filter_headers,
-        filter_query_parameters,
-        before_record,
-        ignore_hosts
-        ):
-    request = copy.copy(request)  # don't mutate request object
-    if hasattr(request, 'headers') and filter_headers:
-        request = _remove_headers(request, filter_headers)
-    if hasattr(request, 'host') and request.host in ignore_hosts:
-        return None
-    if filter_query_parameters:
-        request = _remove_query_parameters(request, filter_query_parameters)
-    if before_record:
-        request = before_record(request)
-    return request