Rory_Hewitt_F5_
Oct 26, 2015Cirrus
sideband call to external URL
Hey all,
I am trying to see whether I can make a sideband call to an external URL and parse the response.
I've looked at the various 'official' examples I could find:
- https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.SIDEBAND.ashx
- http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1086484/v11-iRules-Intro-to-Sideband-Connections.aspx
and elsewhere on the 'web, but I'm not seeing exactly what I want - almost everyone is calling a virtual server via an IP address/port.
Basically, can I make a call (in an HTTP_REQUEST) to a URL and receive a response? Is there an example of calling e.g.
http://api.example.com/getExperiment/123,456,789
and then receive the response and create a cookie (ignore whether the cookie needs to be created in the HTTP_REQUEST or HTTP_RESPONSE at this point)...