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Andreia's avatar
Andreia
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Jan 10, 2023

iRule - Authorization Bearer / Basic

Hi everyone! I'm trying to "translate" a postman request to an iRule, however, I need help because I have no idea how to handle this in an iRule. When the request is of type BasicAuth, origin servi...
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  • PeteWhite's avatar
    PeteWhite
    Jan 10, 2023

    HTTP_REQUEST is in the request which goes to the backend server, HTTP_RESPONSE is for the response from the server to the client. To correct your iRule:

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::header Authorization] contains "Basic" } {
    log local0.debug "Basic: [HTTP::header Authorization]"
    HTTP::insert X-HUB-BASIC "[HTTP::header Authorization]"
  } elseif { [HTTP::header Authorization] contains "Bearer" } {
    log local0.debug "Bearer: [HTTP::header Authorization]"
    HTTP::insert X-HUB-Bearer "[HTTP::header Authorization]"
  }
}
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PeteWhite
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yes, it would. Presumably you want to insert the HTTP header into the request which goes to the backend server.

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Andreia
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Jan 10, 2023

Yes, I want to insert the header inside the request which goes to the backend server. Actually I don't know if it would be in HTTP_RESPONSE or HTTP_RESPONSE_RELEASE.

Would it be something like this?
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
if { [HTTP::header Authorization] contains "Basic" } {
log local0.debug "Basic: [HTTP::header Authorization]"
HTTP::insert X-HUB-BASIC "[HTTP::header Authorization]"
} elseif { [HTTP::header Authorization] contains "Bearer" } {
log local0.debug "Bearer: [HTTP::header Authorization]"
HTTP::insert X-HUB-Bearer "[HTTP::header Authorization]"
}
}

  • PeteWhite's avatar
    PeteWhite
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    Jan 10, 2023

    HTTP_REQUEST is in the request which goes to the backend server, HTTP_RESPONSE is for the response from the server to the client. To correct your iRule:

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::header Authorization] contains "Basic" } {
    log local0.debug "Basic: [HTTP::header Authorization]"
    HTTP::insert X-HUB-BASIC "[HTTP::header Authorization]"
  } elseif { [HTTP::header Authorization] contains "Bearer" } {
    log local0.debug "Bearer: [HTTP::header Authorization]"
    HTTP::insert X-HUB-Bearer "[HTTP::header Authorization]"
  }
}