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boneyard's avatar
boneyard
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Oct 01, 2013

iRule to change HTTP GET into POST

i have an incoming GET request on my virtual server which i want to change into a POST request towards the node. in princple this would mean:   change the word GET into POST change the uri to re...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Oct 01, 2013

I can't speak for why HTTP::request and HTTP::method are read-only commands, but the overhead of doing this at layer 4 should be minimal if you filter the payload appropriately. You know that the TCP::payload of a GET request will start with;

GET /some-uri HTTP/1.

so simply issue a TCP::release if it's not what you're looking for.

By the way, if you're doing this with an HTTPS VIP, just change TCP:: to SSL:: and use the CLIENTSSL_HANDSHAKE and CLIENTSSL_DATA events.