From fbc33ce746b45bb930401b5c1700ed41b51088f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Fasching <none>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 19:36:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add Filter to Have Direct Referrer

---
 lib/filters.js | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/filters.js b/lib/filters.js
index f3237a0a..f4542083 100644
--- a/lib/filters.js
+++ b/lib/filters.js
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ export const refFilter = (data, { domain, domainOnly, raw }) => {
   const links = {};
 
   const isValidRef = referrer => {
-    return (
-      referrer !== '' && referrer !== null && !referrer.startsWith('/') && !referrer.startsWith('#')
-    );
+    return referrer !== null && !referrer.startsWith('/') && !referrer.startsWith('#');
   };
 
   const cleanUrl = url => {
     try {
+      if (url === '') {
+        return 'direct';
+      }
+
       const { hostname, origin, pathname, searchParams, protocol } = new URL(url);
 
       if (regex.test(url)) {