Variable issue with iRule generated by IAPP

have you tried changing the delimiter type to single quotes? eg proc create_iRule { irule_name } { set irule_buffer [string trim '{ when HTTP_REQUEST { set var 0 if { [string tolower [HTTP::path]] contains "test" } { set var 1 } } when HTTP_RESPONSE { if { $var == 1 } { HTTP::header insert "Connection" "Close" } unset var } }'] If not, it may be because you haven't escaped the marks at the end of test : contains \"test" }

I think you need to escape the '$' before var - make it '\$'

 

In my iApps, when I create an iRule, I have to escape the following characters:

 

$ " [ ] \

 

So, you may actually need to escape all of those.

 

Also, check that you have matching {} and []. Your text ends with ']', but likely should be ending with '}'. But, I didn't look too in-depth. Just noticed that right as I was finishing with this post.

 

Hello Pete, thanks for your answer but I get an error when I try to save the IAPP when I try to change the delimiter type to single quotes! And yes, I miss one \ before test : \"test\" but it happens only when I copy/paste my code.

With a little digging through the existing templates this is the answer I found. You have to do a string replacement on a variable then it will take it:

set APP_NAME $tmsh::app_name
set ST_RULE {
    when HTTP_REQUEST {
     if { ([active_members -smoketest-pool] >= 1) and
       ([HTTP::header "smokeTestMode"] contains "enabled") }{
    pool -smoketest-pool
  }
  }
}
tmsh::create ltm rule ${RULE_NAME} \
  [string map " $APP_NAME" $ST_RULE]