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N__197982
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Jan 13, 2016

iRule to detect the client browser the request is coming from.

Folks, I am looking for some iRule which will detect the kind of browser the request is coming from and then write some rules to handle this requests. I want to identify if the request is coming from...
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Kai_Wilke
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Jan 13, 2016

Hi N.,

the [switch -glob -- string1 string2 { action } ] command in the provided example is comparable with the [if { [HTTP::header value "User-Agent"] contains XYZ } then { action }] syntax. But its a little more elegant in this specific case...

The final integration into an iRules would look like that:

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    switch -glob -- [HTTP::header value "User-Agent"] "*iPhone*" - "*iPad*" - "*iPod*" - "*Opera M*" - "*Android*" - "*IEMobile*" - "*BlackBerry*" - "*Kindle*" {

         Mobile Client
        
         Place your additional code here

    } "Mozilla*" - "Opera*" {

         Browser
        
         Place your additional code here

    } default {

         Unknown Client
        
         Place your additional code here

    }
}

 

Cheers, Kai