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destr0yr_22001
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Apr 13, 2012

rewrite url with /en/foo to /foo

Hi,

I'd like to rewrite a number of urls from:

 

www.abc.com/foo/meh/

 

www.abc.com/foo/bar/

 

www.abc.com/foo/rar/

 

 

 

to:

 

www.abc.com/meh/

 

www.abc.com/bar/

 

www.abc.com/rar/

 

 

 

there is no query component.

 

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/foo" } {

 

 

 

}

 

}

 

 

 

 

I was going to use HTTP::redirect, however, didnt know if this keeps the meh,bar,rar portion of the uri.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Apr 13, 2012
    Hi,

    I think this should work to strip off the first directory for URIs starting with /foo/. HTTP::path will allow you to rewrite the path as opposed to HTTP::redirect which sends a 302 redirect and updates the URL the client sees. 

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {

 Check the HTTP path with wildcards
switch -glob -- [HTTP::path] {
"/foo/*" {
 Remove /foo from the path by skipping one character and matching after the next /
HTTP::path [findstr [HTTP::path] / 1]
}
}
}

    Aaron
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
    Icon for Employee rankEmployee
    Apr 14, 2012
    just in case you want redirection. 

    [root@ve1023:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   destination 172.28.19.79:80
   ip protocol 6
   rules myrule
   profiles {
      http {}
      tcp {}
   }
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when HTTP_REQUEST {
        if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/foo" } {
                HTTP::redirect "http://[HTTP::host][string map {"/foo" ""} [HTTP::uri]]"
        }
}
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  curl -I http://www.abc.com/foo/meh/
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://www.abc.com/meh/
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0