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Phil_Agee_69879
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Dec 14, 2005

URL Rewriting

We are just getting started with iRule and are curious about the capability to rewrite URLs.

 

 

According to the following link (Joe Pruitt's log):

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/Joe/archive/2005/07/27/1397.aspx

 

 

to rewrite a URL without changing the URL that the browser shows in the address bar, we can use something like:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [HTTP::uri] equals "/foo" } {

 

HTTP::uri "/bar"

 

}

 

}

 

 

What we are looking for is to rewrite as follows:

 

 

http://www.domain.com/MyName

 

 

to

 

 

http://www.domain.com/CustomerHomePage.aspx?CustomerName=MyName

 

 

Would the rulle be something like:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if( [HTTP]::uri /(/w+)/? {

 

 

HTTP::uri "/MyPage.aspx\?Param=$1"

 

 

}

 

}

 

 

Thanks Very Much,

 

Phil

 

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  • JRahm's avatar
    JRahm
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    Dec 14, 2005
    Try this:

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/MyName" } {
    HTTP::uri "/CustomerHomePage.aspx?CustomerName=[HTTP::uri]"
  }
}
  • JRahm's avatar
    JRahm
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    Dec 14, 2005
    Forgot to trim the leading /.... try this instead:

    
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::uri] starts_with "/MyName" } {
    set uri [string trimleft [HTTP::uri] "/"]
    HTTP::uri "/CustomerHomePage.aspx?CustomerName=$uri"
  }
}