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fred_zeig77's avatar
fred_zeig77
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Jul 22, 2024
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Advice to partial rename uri path

Hi there masters!   I would like to ask for advice. Is there a possibility that after I redirect an URL I can partial rename the 1st two paths in the redirected URI path? So, for example: when cli...
application delivery
irule
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uri manipulation
uri masking
  • CA_Valli's avatar
    CA_Valli
    Jul 23, 2024

    That's some very specific stuff you're trying to achieve .. 

    If the "client URL" you want to display does not exist on the server, I think you'll need two instructions in the iRule, one to redirect client to target URI and one to change this string before it connects to the webserver. 

    You might try something similar to this

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::host] equals "companyA.com" }{ 
    #I'm using a switch statement so it's easier to add/change uri behavior in the future
    switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
      "/" { HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/bed/table/r/Home" }
      "/bed/table/r/Home" { HTTP::path "/room/desktop/r/Home" } 
    }
  }
}

     

CA_Valli's avatar
CA_Valli
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Jul 23, 2024

That's some very specific stuff you're trying to achieve .. 

If the "client URL" you want to display does not exist on the server, I think you'll need two instructions in the iRule, one to redirect client to target URI and one to change this string before it connects to the webserver. 

You might try something similar to this

when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::host] equals "companyA.com" }{ 
    #I'm using a switch statement so it's easier to add/change uri behavior in the future
    switch -glob [HTTP::path] {
      "/" { HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host]/bed/table/r/Home" }
      "/bed/table/r/Home" { HTTP::path "/room/desktop/r/Home" } 
    }
  }
}

 

fred_zeig77's avatar
fred_zeig77
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Jul 29, 2024

Hi master!

 

Greetings! again. Is it okay to ask again for confirmation if you are still available? I notice in the code that because the path of our homepage has changed and masked the path on the side of client's browsers. What if our clients press a button containing a link to another path? would that give us an error 404 since the path the browser knows is the "/bed/table/...../"?

 

So, if lets say they click a login page button with a link at supposed uri path "/room/desktop/r/Home/Login" from "/room/desktop/r/Home" and this was masked to "/bed/table/r/Home"... Will client's browser able to direct to "/room/desktop/r/Home/Login" with the mask uri path or will this give them an error 404 code since the browser will shoot an HTTP get request header of path "/bed/table/r/Home/Login" when clients click the page's login link/button?

 

Apologies for the too many questions. This is my 1st time programming and use TCL/irule language. :)

 

 

Respectfully,

 

Zeig