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Aaron_M__Long_1's avatar
Aaron_M__Long_1
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Sep 27, 2012

iRule switch confusion (Version 9.4.4)

So I've created an iRule using the switch statement, but for some reason my logic is failing for every conceivable match. Every condition falls through to the default case. What am I doing wrong?...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Sep 27, 2012
It's actually a function of the browser and the HTTP protocol. Your browser will implicitly add the "/" to your request if you don't supply a path. In fact the protocol requires a path in the HTTP method statement (ex. GET / HTTP/1.1)

 

 

RFC 2616 states (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt):

 

 

"If the abs_path is not present in the URL, it MUST be given as "/" when used as a Request-URI for a resource (section 5.1.2)"

 

 

That's why you'll never see a request with an empty path.