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Ben_Wilson_2412
Cirrus
CirrusChanging HTTP Reponse status code
Hi,
I've been asked to change the reponse HTTP Status code for custom 404 pages to "404" instead of 200.
It looks like this is possible by checking if the request is for /404.jsp, capturing...
Ben_Wilson_2412Cirrus
CirrusSure, right now what's in place is:
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
if { [HTTP::status] == "404" or [HTTP::status] == "501" }{
HTTP::redirect "/error/404.jsp"
}
}
So what's happening is the 404 response is getting intercepted and replaced with a 302 with the error page URL.
Since the error page exists, when the 302 is followed, you'll get a 200 from that request.
From the client's perspective, they asked for a resource that didn't exist, received a redirect and then a valid response. The valid response is an error page which is obvious to a user, but to an automated system, it appears as though the request was valid.
Does that make more sense?
Thanks,
Ben
