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MohanK's avatar
MohanK
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Jun 05, 2021

URL Rewrite

we need to rewrite the incoming request to a different endpoint and add some additional parameters to the URL.  The purpose of doing this is we don't want to expose the endpoint URL and the URL para...
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  • spalande's avatar
    spalande
    Jun 05, 2021

    Assuming all incoming url starts_with /rec/widgets, you can try below code

     

     when HTTP_REQUEST {
 if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/rec/widgets" } {
 HTTP::header replace "Host" "sample.com"
 set new_uri "/api/v2/widgets[string range [HTTP::uri] 12 end]&account_id=5036&domain_key=example"
 log local0. "new_uri: $new_uri"
 HTTP::uri $new_uri
 return
   }
 }

     

     

     

     

     

MohanK's avatar
MohanK
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Hey Sanjay,

 

Thanks for the quick reply!

 

Does the replacement host "sample.com" have to be in the same LTM? In our case, it's an external address.

 

Regards,

Mohan Kumar

spalande's avatar
spalande
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Jun 06, 2021

It can be hosted any where. You would need to modify the iRule above to create a pool for "sample.com" and use it with pool command before return statement.

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Make sure pool is reachable from the LTM. ​