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

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Joe_Pruitt

Jan 11, 2008

It should work as is. The HTTP::uri command takes two forms, if enclosed in braces with no arguments, it returns the URI. If it is passed a parameter then it uses the passed in variable as the new URI.

In the second example, the line

HTTP::uri "/bar[string range $uri 4 end]"

is a URI assignment with the new value being "/bar" concatenated with the 5th character on in the URI.

-Joe