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Yugandhar's avatar
Yugandhar
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Jul 27, 2018

Reg getfield command in Redirection.

Hi   Is there any difference between the below 2 methods ?.   HTTP::redirect "https://[getfield [HTTP::host] : 1][HTTP::uri]"   HTTP::redirect "https:// [HTTP::host] [HTTP::uri]"   I get...
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Samir_Jha_52506
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Jul 27, 2018

getfield is tcl function and more flexible to grepping exact value in long URL/URI String.

getfield: Split a string on a character and returns the string corresponding to the specific field. The field_number parameter is 1 indexed.

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  • HTTP::redirect "https://[getfield [HTTP::host] : 1][HTTP::uri]" --> Here Split String/character is 

    :

  • HTTP::redirect "https://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]" --> Its common redirection conditions.

Rest didn't observe difference.

Yugandhar's avatar
Yugandhar
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Aug 05, 2018

Hi F5_Rock,

 

  1. Here getfield functionality is to split the host part i.e. http://test7883.com:8900 ?.

     

  2. what is the use of field_number in the above case it's mentioned as 1 ?.

     

I am unable to understand why we need to split the host part when we have to do a https redirection for the http request i.e. we wil redirect the http request http://test7883.com:8900 to https://test7883.com:8900

 

Thanks,

 

Yugandhar