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Nimbostratus

Feb 08, 2012

http redirect based on path and query strings

I have a data group with 166 lines of source and target URLs for redirect. Most source URLs include 1 to 3 different queries. I need to find a way to match an incoming path and each query in any orde...

Cirrostratus

Mar 06, 2013

Hi Ashish,

Make sure to set the string you're comparing to lowercase (iPhone -> iphone). Also remove the * from the string as contains logically checks for *iphone* in the example below.


when HTTP_REQUEST {
   if { [string tolower [HTTP::header "User-Agent"]] contains "iphone" } {
      HTTP::redirect "https://lite.example.co.in"
   }
}

Here are a couple of posts where we discussed options for mobile client redirects (particularly the iRule in the second example):

https://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/aft/86313/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx86381

https://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/aft/2160890/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx2236593

Aaron