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DifanZ
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Jul 13, 2021

irule for extracting a string from a URI

Hi experts, I am new to irule and it doesn't look like I am allowed much time to learn it properly... In short, they want me to redirect to a URL when all the members in the pool are down. The probl...
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spalande
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Jul 14, 2021

You can try below.

 when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { ([string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/ecmlivelink/llisapi.dll/open") and ([active_members livelink_qut_tcp_8100_pool] == 0) } {
  set doc_id [string range [HTTP::uri] 30 end]
  HTTP::respond 301 Location "http://csintqut.network.qut:81/fsl/Redirect.aspx?docid=$doc_id"
  return
 }
}
DifanZ's avatar
DifanZ
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Jul 14, 2021

Thanks Sanjay. The length might be dynamic and there could be at least a slash at the end of the link.. I actually opened a case and I am provided with a regular expression code like this

regexp "/open/(\[0-9\]+" $uri something doc_id

This successfully got me the number, regardless of the pending characters. But thanks anyway for your help!