Case insensitive redirects not quite working

Also, if I have a rule such as:

 
 if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/es*" } {   
      HTTP::redirect "http://www.ourdomain.org/education/display.aspx?id=8230"  
    } 
 

Then this does not work:

 
 if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/es/qualify" } {   
      HTTP::redirect "http://subdomain.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-file-here-2010/information/qualification.aspx"  
    } 
 

When using the starts_with command you don't need to add an asterisk. It's not a glob style match, the asterisk is implied.

So you'd want to just use:

 
 if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/instructors" } {      
   HTTP::redirect "http://subdomain.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-file-here-2010/speakers/speaker-list.aspx"     
 } 
 

Keep in mind, too, that if you're listing multiple matches you'll want to go from the most specific to the least specific. This is likely why your second post is behaving the way you described. If you match for "/lv2010" then for "/lv2010/es" the first match worked, and the request was already redirected before your second comparison was even performed. If you reverse the order (specific to general) I think you'll see better behavior.

Colin

Thank you! Worked great

I stand corrected - the redirects only work in Chrome - not IE or Firefox, is there anything you see wrong?

Should I be using starts_with in every occurence? I know of an equals and contains?

   if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/instructors" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/speakers/speaker-list.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/hotel" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/information/hotel-and-travel.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/register" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/information/registration.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/fax" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/information/registration.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lasvegas10" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/home.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lasvegas2010" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/home.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/es/register" } {       
    HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-executive-page-2010/information/registration.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/es/hotel" } {       
      HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-executive-page-2010/information/hotel-and-travel.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010/es/qualify" } {       
      HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-executive-page-2010/information/qualification.aspx"      
    } 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/lv2010" } {       
      HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/home.aspx"      
    } 
 

You might want switch from IF to "switch"

  
    
  switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] {  
  "/lv2010/instructors*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/speakers/speaker-list.aspx" }  
  "/lv2010/hotel*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/information/hotel-and-travel.aspx" }  
  "/lv2010/register*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/information/registration.aspx" }  
  "/lv2010/fax*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/information/registration.aspx" }  
  "/lasvegas10*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/home.aspx" }  
  "/lasvegas2010*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/home.aspx" }   
  "/lv2010/es/register*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-executive-page-2010/information/registration.aspx" }  
  "/lv2010/es/hotel*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-executive-page-2010/information/hotel-and-travel.aspx" }  
  "/lv2010/es/qualify*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-executive-page-2010/information/qualification.aspx" }  
  "/lv2010*" { HTTP::redirect "http://events.ourdomain.org/events/some-other-page-conference-2010/home.aspx" }  
  }  
  

CB

Are the asterisks required?

 

 

Thanks - I'll experiment using switch

FYI this throws an error on the big-ip - i'm using v 9.4.7

 
 switch -glob [string tolower[HTTP::uri]] {  
 

throws:

 
 01070151:3: Rule [tdwi_caseins_redirects] error: 
 line 4: [wrong  args] [string tolower[HTTP::uri]] 
 

CORRECTION - it works fine, it was the needed space between tolower and [

I hate it when that happens. :-)

 

 

CB