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HTTP POST redirect preserving POST data

Problem this snippet solves: Use Javascript in an iRule to redirect HTTP POST requests to HTTPS. When an HTTP 30x redirect it sent to a client that has sent a POST request, the user-agent transparen...
Published Mar 17, 2015
Version 1.0
content manipulation
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Stanislas_Piro2
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Nov 03, 2017

@victor Plohod, try this irule

when HTTP_REQUEST {    
     Check if the client used an SSL cipher 
    if {not ([catch {SSL::cipher version} result]) && [string tolower $result] ne "none"}{    
         Client did use a cipher 
        log local0. "\$result: $result. Allowing encrypted request." 
    } else { 
         Client did not use a cipher 
        log local0. "\$result: $result. Redirecting unencrypted request."
        if { [HTTP::method] eq "POST" } {
            HTTP::respond 307 "https://[HTTP::host]/"
        } else {
            HTTP::respond 302 "https://[HTTP::host]/"
        }
    } 
}