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Joe_Pipitone
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Aug 25, 2009

Redirect rule somewhat working

Hello all,

 

 

I'm having a small issue with an iRule. My rule is below:

 

 

when HTTP_REQUEST {

 

if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals "/redirectme" } {

 

HTTP::redirect "http://sitename.com/newuri"

 

}

 

}

 

 

This rule works just fine if you type http://sitename/redirectme.

 

 

However, the rule does not redirect if you append a / after, for example:

 

 

http://sitename/redirectme/

 

 

How can I match this so it will redirect both redirectme and redirectme/ ?

 

 

Is this possible using this type of iRule?

 

 

thank you for any help!
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  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Aug 25, 2009
    Try:

     

     

    when HTTP_REQUEST {

     

    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] starts_with "/redirectme" } {

     

    HTTP::redirect "http://sitename.com/newuri"

     

    }

     

    }

     

     

    Kevin
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Aug 25, 2009
    You could check for /redirectme or /redirect/me/ with a switch statement: 

     
 when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    switch [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] { 
       "/redirectme" - 
       "/redirectme/" { 
          HTTP::redirect "http://sitename.com/newuri" 
       } 
    } 
 }

    Or you could check for anything starting with /redirectme using the -glob flag on switch: 

     
 when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] { 
       "/redirectme*" { 
          HTTP::redirect "http://sitename.com/newuri" 
       } 
    } 
 }

    Or if you like the 'if' format, you could use this: 

     
 when HTTP_REQUEST { 
    if { [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals "/redirectme" or [string tolower [HTTP::uri]] equals "/redirectme/" } { 
       HTTP::redirect "http://sitename.com/newuri" 
    } 
 }

    Aaron
  • Joe_Pipitone's avatar
    Joe_Pipitone
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    Aug 25, 2009
    Thanks guys! As I was searching around I found that starts_with works perfectly! Thanks for your quick responses.