HTTP_RESPONSE_DATA¶

Description¶

An iRule event triggered when an HTTP::collect command has collected the specified amount of response data. Also triggered if the server closes the connection before the HTTP::collect command finishes processing.

Examples¶

when HTTP_RESPONSE_DATA {
    regsub "oursite" [HTTP::payload] "oursitedev" fixeddata
    log "Replacing payload with fixed data."
    HTTP::payload replace 0 $clen $fixeddata
    HTTP::release
}

Related Information¶

Available Commands:

CATEGORY::filetype - checks for the mime type and mime subtype of an HTTP request payload
clone - Causes the system to clone traffic to the specified pool or pool member regardless of monitor status.
forward - Sets the connection to forward IP packets.
HTTP::close - Closes the HTTP connection.
HTTP::collect - Collects an amount of HTTP body data that you specify.
HTTP::cookie - Queries for or manipulates cookies in HTTP requests and responses.
HTTP::fallback - Specifies or overrides a fallback host specified in the HTTP profile.
HTTP::header - Queries or modifies HTTP headers.
HTTP::host - Returns the value of the HTTP Host header
HTTP::is_keepalive - Returns a true value if this is a Keep-Alive connection.
HTTP::is_redirect - Returns a true value if the response is a redirect.
HTTP::password - Returns the password part of HTTP basic authentication.
HTTP::payload - Queries for or manipulates HTTP payload information.
HTTP::redirect - Redirects an HTTP request or response to the specified URL.
HTTP::request_num - Returns the number of HTTP requests that a client made on the connection.
HTTP::respond - Generates a response to the client as if it came from the server.
HTTP::retry - Resends a request to a server.
HTTP::status - Returns the response status code.
HTTP::username - Returns the username part of HTTP basic authentication.
HTTP::version - Returns or sets the HTTP version of the request or response.
imid - Returns an i-mode identifier string.
IP::idle_timeout - Returns or sets the idle timeout value.
IP::local_addr - Returns the IP address of the virtual server the client is connected to or the self-ip LTM is connected from.
ip_ttl - Returns the TTL of the latest IP packet received.
lasthop - Sets the lasthop of an IP connection.
listen - Sets up a related ephemeral listener to allow an incoming related connection to be established.
nexthop - Sets the nexthop of an IP connection.
node - Sends the packet directly to the identified server node.
peer - Causes the specified iRule commands to be evaluated under the peer’s (opposite) context.
persist - Causes the system to use the named persistence type to persist the connection.
session - Utilizes the persistence table to store arbitrary information based on the same keys as persistence.
SSL::cert - Returns X509 SSL certificate data.
URI::query - Returns the query string portion of the given URI or the value of a query string parameter.

Warning

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Sample Code:

Convert 404s to Blank 200s - An iRule to convert an HTTP 404 response to a blank 200 response. HTTP 404…
Credit Card Scrubber - This iRule illustrates how to scrub out Credit Card Numbers from HTTP traffic.
HTML Comment Scrubber - This iRule will remove all HTML comments and replace them with white space.
HTTP method conversion - This is one way that allows you to convert HTTP method from GET to POST or …
HTTP Payload Collection - iRule demonstrating the basic approach for collection and manipulation of HTTP payload data.
HTTP Session Watcher - An iRule that provides visibility into HTTP sessions flowing through the BIG-IP
Microsoft Branch Cache Hash Offload - Hash Offload for Microsoft BranchCache
Open SSO Authentication - A simple “Policy Agent” iRule that ensures that all incoming HTTP requests …
Phishing Prevention - This iRule helps to cut down on Phishing and scraping attempts that might otherwise plague your network.
Replace HTTP refresh with HTTP Redirect - Intercepts pages with HTTP REFRESH and re-writes as a proper 302 redirect
Rewriting Single Part HTTP Responses As Multipart - Transform a single part HTTP response into a multi-part response
SSL Termination - Finds and replaces a link or specific text with another link or text. can be used for Sharepoint Portal SSL Termination

Introduced: BIGIP-9.0.0

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