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MW1's avatar
MW1
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May 01, 2013

How can I insert the client's IP back to them in a HTTP:RESPOND content

I am sure this must be simple so apoligies if I am missing the obvious here. I have an irule that does some checking on the clients IP and other payload of a post a custom error message back to the user which appears to be working well, however I have been asked if I can return the client's IP to them in the message, i.e. Your IP address 1.2.3.4 has not been recognized


set data {
Your IP address has not been recognized.  

Please contact company support.false
}


 Match the data for specific companyid and is a login request
   if {  [HTTP::payload] contains ">127708" and    [HTTP::payload] contains "
log local0. "TEST-irule matched company and login request"
 Match the clients IP to register list and respond with block MSG if not found
 if { ![matchclass [IP::client_addr] equals IPlist] } {
log local0. "TEST-irule going to reply with block to [IP::client_addr] "
 HTTP::respond 200 content $data "Content-Type" "text/xml; charset=utf-8"
}

If I try to add [IP::client_addr] to the set data it does not substitute for the IP, and if I try to create split the data it also fails e.g:


set data {
Your IP address
 
set data2 has not been recognized.  

Please contact company support.false
}


 HTTP::respond 200 content $data [IP::client_addr] $data2  "Content-Type" "text/xml; charset=utf-8"

Am I missing an obvious way to get achieve this?

Thanks!

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  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    May 01, 2013
    Special Cases for Using Braces

    You can also use braces to enclose strings, just as you would double quotes, but variables won't expand within them unless a command also inside the braces refers to them. Because of that difference, if you need to handle strings containing $, \, [], (), or other special characters, braces will work where double quotes won't.iRules Optimization 101 - 04 - Delimiters: Braces, Brackets, Quotes and more by Deb Allen

    https://devcentral.f5.com/tech-tips/articles/irules-optimization-101-04-delimiters-braces-brackets-quotes-and-more

    so, you may try something like this.

    e.g. 

     example1

[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
   set data "\r\nYour [IP::client_addr] has not been recognized.\r\n\r\nPlease contact company support.false\r\n"
   HTTP::respond 200 content $data noserver "Content-Type" "text/xml; charset=utf-8"
}
}

[root@centos17 ~] curl http://172.28.19.252

Your 172.28.20.17 has not been recognized.

Please contact company support.false

 example2

[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when RULE_INIT {
   set static::data {
Your IP address has not been recognized.

Please contact company support.false
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
   HTTP::respond 200 content [string map [list "IP address" [IP::client_addr]] $static::data] noserver "Content-Type" "text/xml; charset=utf-8"
}
}

[root@centos17 ~] curl http://172.28.19.252

Your 172.28.20.17 has not been recognized.

Please contact company support.false