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sajmethod
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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...
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    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

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sajmethod
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Aug 04, 2023

I started with Ca-valli solution  because i was more comfortable with it but  with all the extra irules ( sideband, helper sideband) I needed  to incorporate it seemed bulky and seemed difficult to document and  maintain by others. I decided to go with the irulelx  as the json parsing was easier and the whole setup once I understood how it works is easier to maintain. Unfortunately the app group has not tested it yet. I will update this post once they get around to testing it. 

Thanks for all the help on this guys!