# Elastic.Apm.NetCoreAll how to ignore transaction of OPTIONS http method?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-netcoreall-how-to-ignore-transaction-of-options-http-method/337513>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** dotnet\
**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-netcoreall-how-to-ignore-transaction-of-options-http-method/337513 "2023-07-04T05:55:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![khteh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khteh/32/147573_2.png) [@khteh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khteh)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-netcoreall-how-to-ignore-transaction-of-options-http-method/337513/1 "2023-07-04T05:56:00Z")

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**Kibana version** : 8.8.0

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**APM Agent language and version** : .Net Core 7 C# 1.22.0

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**Author:** ![GregKalapos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gregkalapos/32/37205_2.png) [@GregKalapos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GregKalapos)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-netcoreall-how-to-ignore-transaction-of-options-http-method/337513/2 "2023-07-14T14:24:40Z")

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You can use the filter API: [Public API | APM .NET Agent Reference [1.x] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/dotnet/current/public-api.html#filter-api)

Just return `null` from that function in case `Transaction.Context.Request.Method` is `OPTIONS`. You could also cache the id of such transactions and drop spans within the transaction similarly with a span filter.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-netcoreall-how-to-ignore-transaction-of-options-http-method/337513/3 "2023-08-11T14:25:24Z")

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