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Tim_Cahoon_1608's avatar
Tim_Cahoon_1608
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Jul 28, 2016

URI Rewrite Help - Rookie

I am trying to do something I think is very simple: when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::redirect /broker/api/public[HTTP::uri] }   I want to take an HTTP request coming in and put /broker/api/pubic in ...
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Yann_Desmarest_'s avatar
Yann_Desmarest_
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Jul 28, 2016

Hi,

You can do the following : 

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { !([HTTP::path] starts_with "/broker/api/public") } {
        HTTP::respond 302 Location "/broker/api/public[HTTP::uri]"
    }
}
  • Tim_Cahoon_1608's avatar
    Tim_Cahoon_1608
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    Jul 28, 2016

    Thank you Yann. that is doing what I need. One last question, is there a what to not let the client see the rewritten URI? I'd like them to see what they sent, and have the rewritten go to the server only. Any ideas on this?

     

    Once again thank you.

     

  • Yann_Desmarest_'s avatar
    Yann_Desmarest_
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    Jul 28, 2016

    Hi,

    The irule previously posted do a redirect on the client side. If you require to do URI rewriting, you will need to change the irule : 

    when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if { !([HTTP::path] starts_with "/broker/api/public") } {
        HTTP::uri "/broker/api/public[HTTP::uri]"
    }
}

    You may also have a look at the URI rewrite profile that has the advantage to rewrite response headers and payload to remove "/broker/api/public" for the client.