Blue Coat Systems Proxy SG manual Request.xheader.headername=

Chapter 3: Condition Reference

request.x_header.header_name=

Tests the specified request header (header_name) against a regular expression. Any HTTP request header can be tested, including custom headers. To test recognized headers, use request.header.header_name= instead, so that typing errors can be caught at compile time. For streaming requests, only the User-Agentheader is available.

Replaces: request_x_header.header_name=

Syntax

request.x_header.header_name=regular_expression

where:

•header_name—Any HTTP header, including custom headers.

•regular_expression—A regular expression. For more information, see Appendix E: “Using Regular Expressions,” in the Blue Coat ProxySG Configuration and Management Guide.

Layer and Transaction Notes

•Use in <Cache> and <Proxy> layers.

Examples

;deny access to the URL below if the request contains the custom

;header “Test” and the header has a value of “test1”

<proxy>

deny url=http://www.bluecoat.com request.x_header.Test=”test1”

See Also

•Actions: append( ), delete( ), delete_matching( ), rewrite( ), set( )

•Conditions: request.header.header_name=, request.header.header_name.address=, response.x_header.header_name=

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