Rewrite to URL and strip part of the URI

Try this:

 

 

[string map -nocase {"/V1" "" "/V2" ""} [HTTP::uri]]

I would add to what Kevin Stewart told you.

 

 

His suggestion will not change the URL as it is shown in the browser. It will change what is sent to the server.

 

 

This method falls directly into the URI Masking Territory.

 

 

If you want the browser URL Changed you can take the result of Kevin's suggest and trigger a redirect to the new location.

but how will I append the rest of the URI . the piece after /V1 or /V2.. like /V2/xyz so it looks like domain./xyz instead of domain.com/v2/xyz

 

 

that is where i am getting lost..

 

 

thank for the help!

Hi Farache, you are trying to parse the URI. The below link is helpful.

 

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/18/How-to-parse-a-URI.aspx

 

 

By following the examples, you should be able to create a rule that eliminates the first part.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Santosh.

The string map command replaces content within the given file, in this case the HTP::uri.

So using the supplied syntax:

 {"/V1" "" "/V2" ""} 

persona-api.domainname.com/v2/xyz/ becomes Persona-api.domainname.com/xyz/

To amplify Michael's comments to my original post, you can either set this in an HTTP::uri statement, which conceals the true path from the user, or simply redirect them to the new path:

if { ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v1 ) or ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v2" ) } {

set uri [string map -nocase {"/V1" "" "/V2" ""}]

HTTP::redirect "http://[HTTP::host]$uri"

}

Frist of all thnkas for the help

 

I've been trying to get this one to work but everytime this rule is giving me an error

 

 

01070151:3: Rule [/Common/persona-api_irule] error:

 

line 5: [string map list should have an even number of elements] [-nocase]

 

 

I've researched and seem that I need a bracket

 

something like this:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

log local0. "in HTTP_REQUEST"

 

 

if { ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v1" ) or ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v2" ) } {

 

set uri {string map --nocase {"/v1" "" "/v2" ""}}

 

HTTP::redirect "http://[HTTP::host]$uri"

 

}

 

}

 

 

 

But when i run that, I get an error in the browser with the following:

 

 

http://persona-api.grey.comstring%20map%20%20--nocase%20%7B%22/v1%22%20%22%22%7D

 

 

Now to make my case worst,

 

I have to actually redirect the traffic to specific pools depending where they are coming from --- if it is v1 , then pool a if it is v2 then pool be

 

 

I've tried changing the HTTP:redirect for a swtich command but nothing

 

something like this

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

log local0. "in HTTP_REQUEST"

 

 

if { ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v1" ) } {

 

set uri {string map --nocase {"/v1" ""}}

 

switch [string tolower "http://[HTTP::host]$uri"] {

 

"persona.api.grey.com" {

 

pool persona-api-V1_pool

 

}

 

}

 

}

 

elseif { ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v2" ) } {

 

set uri {string map --nocase {"/v2" ""}}

 

switch [string tolower "http://[HTTP::host]$uri"] {

 

"persona.api.grey.com" {

 

pool persona-api-V2_pool

 

}

 

}

 

}

 

}

 

 

What am i doing wrong?

 

After looking at this , looks like the

 

 

set uri {string map -nocase {"/v1" "" "/v2" " "} is appending these characters after the host field.

 

 

http://persona-api.domain.comstring%20map%20%7B/v1%20%22%22%20/v2%20%22%22%7D

 

 

can't seem to find why..

 

 

any ideas?

Hi farache,

You are setting the literal value of the uri variable.

Try something like this:

 
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v1" ) or ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v2" ) } {
HTTP::uri [string map {"/v1" "" "/v2" ""} [HTTP::uri]]
HTTP::redirect "http://[HTTP::host][HTTP::uri]"
}
}

Sorry...That won't work 🙂

You could use the above to set the Variable like this:

set uri [HTTP::uri [string map {"/v1" "" "/v2" ""} [HTTP::uri]]]

Then you could do the following:

HTTP::redirect "http://[HTTP::host]$uri"

Or you could l just do this:

 when HTTP_REQUEST { if { ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v1" ) or ( [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] contains "/v2" ) } { HTTP::redirect "http://[HTTP::host][string map {"/v1" "" "/v2" ""} [HTTP::uri]]" } } 

After looking at this , looks like the

 

 

set uri {string map -nocase {"/v1" "" "/v2" " "} is appending these characters after the host field.

 

 

http://persona-api.domain.comstring%20map%20%7B/v1%20%22%22%20/v2%20%22%22%7D

 

 

can't seem to find why..

 

 

any ideas?