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igeo
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Mar 04, 2022

Trim parentheses via tcl

I have the following URL and would like to remove the parentheses (both) by using an iRule (TCL):       http://ing1.example.com:31100/test1/test1.json/Streams(Type_4000000)           whe...
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  • xuwen's avatar
    xuwen
    Mar 04, 2022
    when HTTP_REQUEST priority 500 {
        if { ([HTTP::host] eq "ing1.example.com:31100") and ([HTTP::uri] contains "Streams") } {
            set old_uri [HTTP::uri]
            HTTP::uri "[string map {( "" ) ""} $old_uri]"
        }
    }
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igeo
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There was an error when trying to save, so I added braces {}

{set new_uri [string map {( "" ) ""} $uri]}

However, this iRule doesn't remove the parentheses. The URL contains also a port, is it needed at the HTTP::host ?

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xuwen
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Mar 04, 2022
when HTTP_REQUEST priority 500 {
    if { ([HTTP::host] eq "ing1.example.com:31100") and ([HTTP::uri] contains "Streams") } {
        set old_uri [HTTP::uri]
        HTTP::uri "[string map {( "" ) ""} $old_uri]"
    }
}