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Adrien_Legros_1
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Oct 13, 2009

Call to a webservice and analyze the answer within an Irule

I'd like to know if this is possible to perform a call to a webservice and read the answer within an Irule. If this is the case, where could I find some documentation of examples?     Thank...
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hoolio
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Oct 13, 2009
Hi Adrien,

 

 

You can use HTTP::retry to make an external HTTP request and then make a load balancing decision. Deb posted an article on this a while back:

 

 

Conditioning iRule Logic on External Information - 1 - HTTP::retry

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=105

 

 

Aaron