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Bryan_Chick_152
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusRedirect based on position of word in uri
Hi all,
I posted a question a couple days ago, but mispoke in the question. I am posting the modified question here again as a new post.
I need a rule that redirects for a certain word within the uri--but only under specific circumstances regarding the position of that word within the uri. We would like a redirect to occur in all situations excluding when a word in included between the uri and url.
Examples:
1.) http://vw.com/golf => Should redirect to http://vw.com/rabbit
2.) http://vw.com/golf/(anything else appended to uri) => Should redirect as above example to http://vw.com/rabbit
3.) http://vw.com/(something)/golf => Should NOT redirect.
Thanks!
Bryan
- You've been presented with some if statements, here's a switch option you can use that should do what you want.
when HTTP_REQUEST { switch -glob "[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]" { "vw.com/golf" - "vw.com/golf/*" { HTTP::redirect "http://vw.com/rabbit" } } }
Here's another one that should work:when HTTP_REQUEST { if { "[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]" starts_with "vw.com/golf" } { HTTP::redirect "HTTP://vw.com/rabbit" } }
The downside to the second version is that this would redirect as well "http://vw.com/golfer" since it starts with "vw.com/golf". You could change the comparison to "vw.com/golf/" but that would exclude "http://vw.com/golf". I believe the switch example above will cover both options.
-Joe 
Bryan_Chick_152Thanks Joe for the quick response!
Much to my dismay, I realized that I posted this in the wrong forum (again...). This particular f5 is a 4.x version. Can you tell me what the rule would look like for that version or should I repost this question in the proper forum?
Sorry for confusion; I'm new to f5 and this forum.
Thanks,
Bryan- In 4.x, you don't have the fun switch statements, so you'll have to fall back to a plain old if statement.
if ((http_host equals "vw.com") and (http_uri starts_with "/golf")) { redirect to "http://vw.com/rabbit" }
-Joe
