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Jeff_Morrison_4
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Nov 01, 2007

HTTP redirect and keep remaining uri path

I am trying to do a redirection from one external address to another based on certian part of the URL, but need the remaining address to be left in place after the redirection. For example:

 

 

https://www.domain.com/customer/asdd=??/12345/whatever

 

 

need to be redirectd to:

 

 

https://www.domain.com/DIFFERENT-CUSTOMER/asdd=??/whatever

 

 

Basically I only want the customer part changed.

 

 

I have tried the %u switch in my rule, but it fails. My current rule is:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [HTTP::uri] contains "/customer1"

 

}{

 

pool WLS-Lab

 

} elseif { [HTTP::uri] contains "/xyzcustomer"}{

 

redirect to https://[HTTP::host]/customer1/

 

}}

 

 

 

This works but strips everything in the URL after xyzcustomer when it redirects to customer1.

 

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

Jeff
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4 Replies

  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Nov 01, 2007
    You can use string map (Click here) to replace /customer/ with /DIFFERENT-CUSTOMER/.

     

     

    I think it should work if you replace the current redirect with this:

     

     

    redirect to https://[HTTP::host]/[string map {/customer/ /DIFFERENT-CUSTOMER/} [HTTP::uri]]

     

    log local0. "redirecting to: https://[HTTP::host]/[string map {/customer/ /DIFFERENT-CUSTOMER/} [HTTP::uri]]"

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    Aaron

     

     

  • Jeff_Morrison_4's avatar
    Jeff_Morrison_4
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    Nov 01, 2007
    Thank you for the reply. It worked well..but my web developer doesn't want a Browers redirect as I first thought.

     

     

    What he wants is the BIPIP to act as a proxy for the customer. So in my example the clients browser doesn't change, but the BIPIP will replace the xyxcustomer with customer1 for interanl purposes.

     

     

    Seem like the replace would work..but haven't found the correct syntax.

     

     

    Thanks Aaron for the help! Any ideas on this one?

     

     

    Jeff
  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Nov 01, 2007
    You can also set the URI with HTTP::uri (Click here). The URI sent to the pool will be modified--as opposed to issuing a redirect to the client. Here's an example:

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {
   if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/customer/"}{
      pool WLS-Lab
   } elseif { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/xyzcustomer"}{
      HTTP::uri [string map {/xyzcustomer/ /customer/} [HTTP::uri]]
   }
}

    Aaron