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jwitko
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Jun 05, 2013

Can I use a wildcard inside a HTTP::host contains conditional?

I have the following iRule:     when HTTP_REQUEST {   if {[HTTP::host] contains "example.domain.com" } {   switch -glob [HTTP::uri] {   "*example=e*" { pool examplee_htt...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Jun 06, 2013
You cannot use wildcards with the contains operator, but you could use an equivalent string function: 


when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { [string match "example*.domain.com" [string tolower [HTTP::host]]] } {
        switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {
            "/example=e*" { pool local-pool }
            "/example=f*" { pool local-pool }
            "/example=g*" { pool local-pool }
            default { pool local-pool }
        }
    }
}