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Jorge_Cabanilla
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Jul 08, 2010

Send a binary file as content in http:response, I need help

Hi,     Some one knows how to send a binary file as content in an HTTP:respond?   Is it possible to assign a file to a variable?   How to read a file?     I need the next:   ...
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hoolio
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Jul 08, 2010
Hi Jorge,

 

 

You can base64 encode the data before saving it to a variable and then use 'HTTP::respond 200 content [b64decode $my_b64_encoded_data]' to send it. This is done in the Maintenance Page examples in the iRule Codeshare:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/Automatic_maintenance_page___Sorry_page_with_images.html

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/LTMMaintenancePage.html

 

 

Aaron