request-match

Use this entry to define the pattern to be matched against the HTTP request line, which includes method, URI, and protocol.

request-match = {request|response}:<request-line>

Description

This entry defines the pattern to be matched against the HTTP request line, which includes method, URI, and protocol.

We can also match a request using a host header. Use this option to selectively enable this function for a particular virtual host junction. To selectively match an entry based on a particular host header, add a prefix to the <request-line> with the string [<host>]. If We use this mechanism to match the request to a rule, the evaluation of the rule occurs early in the request processing. As a result, credential attributes are not available in the evaluation of the rule. To use credential attributes in the request transformation, use the alternative POP mechanism for invoking the rule.

Options

{request | response}	Determines whether the processing is conducted on the HTTP request or response. This value can be request or response.
request-line	Contains the request line to be matched against. The pattern matching is case-sensitive. We can use wildcard characters * and ?.

Usage: Optional

We can specify multiple entries if needed.

Default value None.

Example:

request-match = request:GET /index.html HTTP/1.1
request-match = response:GET /jct/* *
request-match = response:[www.ibm.com]GET /login/*

Parent topic: [http-transformations:<resource-name>] stanza