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iRule: modifying the uri without a redirect

In this case the user wants to change the uri of a HTTP request without forcing a redirect from the client. We have a unique situation where a client-based DLL is uploading a file to our...
Published Jul 27, 2005
Version 1.0
application delivery
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Miles_Raymond_1
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Apr 10, 2014
I'm not sure how this is supposed to work, but it doesn't seem to actually modify the [HTTP::uri] variable as in this example:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [string toupper [HTTP::query]] contains "TRIGGER" } {

 

if { not ([HTTP::uri] starts_with "/new/dir") } {

 

HTTP::uri /new/dir[HTTP::uri]

 

}

 

HTTP::uri [HTTP::uri]&key=secret

 

HTTP::redirect http://localhost[HTTP::uri]

 

}

 

}

 

 

In the above example, I would expect a request for /?TRIGGER to return a redirect to http://localhost/new/dir/?TRIGGER&key=secret but instead, it returns a redirect for /?TRIGGER, clearly not modifying the [HTTP::uri] at all.