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NimbostratusiRule command to call another REST API?
Greetings. I'm wondering if there is a way to call another API via an iRule, then redirect based on the return value from that API call.
basically we have a URL pattern that contains an ID. I need to route the request to a particular application based on data associated with the ID in the URL. the API (REST'ful in this case) returns the metadata required to make the determination.
thanks! -R
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Scott_HopkinsSounds like a sideband call would be what you're looking for (example here: https://devcentral.f5.com/codeshare?sid=686) .
Not sure how many of these you get if this is something you should cache in a session table, or maybe even prefetch into a session table for performance reasons, but a remote call for each inbound seems like it would have a decent performance penalty.
