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Bryan_Chick_152
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Aug 16, 2006

iRule to redirect based on uri content

Hi all,

 

 

I need a rule that redirects for a certain word within the uri--but only when that uri immediately follows the url.

 

 

In this example, "golf" is the word that should initiate the redirect, but only when it immediately follows "vw.com."

 

 

1.) http://vw.com/golf => Should redirect based on rule. This is the only circumstance in which the rule should redirect

 

 

2.) http://vw.com/car/golf => Should NOT redirect based on rule

 

 

3.) http://vw.com/car/sale/golf => Should NOT redirect based on rule

 

 

In the past, we've used the "contains" keyword within the rule, but that won't work here.

 

 

Thanks!

 

Bryan
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  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Aug 16, 2006
    Hi Bryan,

    vw.com is the host and everything after that in the URL would be the URI.

    You can get the current values using [HTTP::host] and [HTTP::uri].

    It looks like you want to do something like:

    
if {[HTTP::uri] starts_with "/golf" }{
   HTTP::redirect http://myredirect.site.com
}

    Aaron
  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Aug 16, 2006
    Or, if you want to multi-host this virtual, you can add the host to the check as well:

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { "[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]" starts_with "vw.com/golf" } {
    HTTP::redirect http://myredirect.site.com
  }
}

    -Joe