Forum Discussion

sajmethod's avatar
sajmethod
Icon for Altostratus rankAltostratus
Jul 11, 2023

Hi I am looking for some help with an irule that can call out to an api

I been pulled into a project  that is replacing a mobile app.  For the project  they need  f5 to do the following :  listen for a http request  on a vs and extract the bearer token fro that request...
application delivery
  • xuwen's avatar
    xuwen
    Jul 12, 2023

    irules is not good at parsing JSON key value in HTTP Payload, Initiating HTTPS connections on irules' sideband is also cumbersome

    I suggest you use irules and cooperate with iRulesLX to initiate a sideband https connection using node.js,Node.js can use its built-in JSON library to handle JSON, which is very advantageous

xuwen's avatar
xuwen
Icon for Cumulonimbus rankCumulonimbus
Jul 12, 2023

irules is not good at parsing JSON key value in HTTP Payload, Initiating HTTPS connections on irules' sideband is also cumbersome

I suggest you use irules and cooperate with iRulesLX to initiate a sideband https connection using node.js,Node.js can use its built-in JSON library to handle JSON, which is very advantageous

  • sajmethod's avatar
    sajmethod
    Icon for Altostratus rankAltostratus
    Jul 12, 2023

    Thank for the suggestion . I don't have much experience with irulesLX or node .js for that matter.  I will look into this.  I was also wondering  if a per request policy with an http connector my be a more optimized solution. I can trigger the access policy based on request. I have not used http connectors  so the flow is still fuzzy in my mind.