URL Plus (urlplus)

Description

vmod-urlplus is a URL/query string normalization, parsing and manipulation VMOD. This VMOD allows you to get, add, delete, and keep URL segments and query parameters. You can also sort query parameters. vmod-urlplus keeps an internal representation of the URL up until it is written out.

Example VCL

Query Filtering

Keep only the page_id.

vcl 4.0;

import urlplus;

sub vcl_recv
{
    //Keep page_id
    urlplus.query_keep("page_id");

    //Sort query string and write URL out to req.url
    //Any query that is not kept is not written to req.url
    urlplus.write();
}

Remove all Google Analytics.

vcl 4.0;

import urlplus;

sub vcl_recv
{
    //Remove all Google Analytics 
    urlplus.query_delete_regex("utm_");

    //Sort query string and write URL out to req.url
    urlplus.write();
}

Remove random query parameter.

vcl 4.0;

import urlplus;

sub vcl_recv
{
    urlplus.query_delete("random");

    //Write URL out to req.url without sorting
    urlplus.write(sort_query = false);
}

Normalize, sort and write query string to req.url.

vcl 4.0;

import urlplus;

sub vcl_recv
{
    //Write URL out to req.url
    urlplus.write();
}

File Extension Specific Logic

Specify TTL by file type.

vcl 4.0;

import urlplus;

sub vcl_backend_response
{
    //Give files with these extensions a TTL of 1 day
    if (urlplus.get_extension() ~ "gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|png|tiff|tif|img") {
            set beresp.ttl = 1d;
    }
}

Functions

All functions by default will parse and normalize the URL from either req.url or bereq.url (depending on the context), unless otherwise specified using parse(). All functions keep an internal state of the URL until it is written out using write().

The functions are split into three areas of focus, generic, URL and query string. The generic functions are, parse(), reset(), write(), as_string(), get_basename(), get_filename(), get_extension(), tolower() and toupper(). While Functions with a prefix of url do operations only on the URL (For example: some/test/url) and a prefix of query indicates that operations will be conducted only on the query string (For example: ?name=value&name2=value2).

parse

VOID parse(STRING url)

• Description

  Parse and normalize the URL and query string. Any internal state is reset.

• Return value

  None.

  • url

    The string to parse from.

reset

VOID reset()

• Description

  Reset the internal state.

• Return value

  None.

write

VOID write(BOOL sort_query = TRUE, ENUM {NONE, KEY, KEY_VALUE} query_unique = NONE, ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} leading_slash = FROM_INPUT, ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} trailing_slash = FROM_INPUT)

• Description

  Write the combined normalized URL and query string back out to be/req.url. If in keep_mode only kept URL segments and queries will be written.

• Return value

  None.

  • sort_query

    Sort the query string prior to writing. Defaults to TRUE.

  • query_unique

    Remove duplicate values in the query string by either key (KEY) or key and value (KEY_VALUE). The first occurrence is kept and each proceeding occurrence is removed. This is done before sorting. Defaults to NONE.

  • leading_slash

    Should the URL contain a leading slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the beginning of the URL if a leading slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

  • trailing_slash

    Should the URL contain a trailing slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the end of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the end of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the end of the URL if a trailing slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

as_string

STRING as_string(BOOL sort_query = TRUE, ENUM {NONE, KEY, KEY_VALUE} query_unique = NONE, ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} leading_slash = FROM_INPUT, ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} trailing_slash = FROM_INPUT)

• Description

  Return a string of the combined normalized URL and query string. If in keep_mode only kept URL segments and queries will be returned.

• Return value

  A string of the combined normalized URL and query string.

  • sort_query

    Sort the query string prior to returning. Defaults to TRUE.

  • query_unique

    Remove duplicate values in the query string by either key (KEY) or key and value (KEY_VALUE). The first occurrence is kept and each proceeding occurrence is removed. This is done before sorting. Defaults to NONE.

  • leading_slash

    Should the URL contain a leading slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the beginning of the URL if a leading slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

  • trailing_slash

    Should the URL contain a trailing slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the end of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the end of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the end of the URL if a trailing slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

get_basename

STRING get_basename()

• Description

  Get the basename of the URL.

• Return value

  Given /foo/bar.baz return bar.baz. If no extension is present, return the last URL segment. For example, /foo/bar/baz would return baz.

get_filename

STRING get_filename()

• Description

  Get the filename of the URL.

• Return value

  Given /foo/bar.baz return bar. If no extension is present, return NULL.

get_extension

STRING get_extension()

• Description

  Get the extension of the URL.

• Return value

  Given /foo/bar.baz return baz. If no extension is present, return NULL.

query_get

STRING query_get(STRING name, STRING def = NULL)

• Description

  Get the value of query name.

• Return value

  The value for query name. If not found, default is returned.

  • name

    The name of the query parameter. The first query to match is used.

  • def

    The return value if name is not found. Defaults to NULL.

tolower

VOID tolower(ENUM {ALL, URL, QUERY} convert = "ALL")

• Description

  Convert the URL to lowercase.

• Return value

  None.

  • convert

    Pick the part of the URL to convert to lowercase. If set to URL only the URL will be converted (for example some/test/url?NAME=Value). If set to Query only the query string will be converted (for example SOME/Test/url?name=value). When set to ALL both URL and query string will be converted (for example some/test/url?name=value). Defaults to ALL.

toupper

VOID toupper(ENUM {ALL, URL, QUERY} convert = "ALL")

• Description

  Convert the URL to uppercase.

• Return value

  None.

  • convert

    Pick the part of the URL to convert to uppercase. If set to URL only the URL will be converted (for example SOME/TEST/URL?name=Value). If set to Query only the query string will be converted (for example SOME/Test/url?NAME=VALUE). When set to ALL both URL and query string will be converted (for example SOME/TEST/URL?NAME=VALUE). Defaults to ALL.

query_get_regex

STRING query_get_regex(STRING regex, STRING def = NULL)

• Description

  Get the value of the query with name matching regex.

• Return value

  The value for the query with name matching regex. If not found, default is returned.

  • regex

    The regular expression used to match on name. The first query to match is used.

  • def

    The return value if name is not found. Defaults to NULL.

query_add

VOID query_add(STRING name, STRING value = NULL, BOOL keep = TRUE)

• Description

  Add a query pair of query, value with parameter keep.

• Return value

  None.

  • name

    The name of the query.

  • value

    The value of the query. Defaults to NULL.

  • keep

    Indicate if the query should be kept(TRUE) or not(FALSE). If in keep_mode and keep is TRUE, the query is always kept when writing. Defaults to TRUE.

query_delete

VOID query_delete(STRING name, BOOL delete_keep = FALSE)

• Description

  Delete all queries that match name.

• Return value

  None.

  • name

    The name of the query to delete. All queries which match name are deleted.

  • delete_keep

    If set to TRUE, delete kept queries. Defaults to FALSE.

query_delete_regex

VOID query_delete_regex(STRING regex, BOOL delete_keep = FALSE)

• Description

  Delete all queries with name matching regex

• Return value

  None.

  • regex

    The regular expression used to match on name. All queries which match regex are deleted.

  • delete_keep

    If set to TRUE, delete kept queries. Defaults to FALSE.

query_keep

VOID query_keep(STRING name)

• Description

  Set keep to TRUE for all queries with name. This enables keep_mode. When writing or returning as a string, only kept queries are written/returned.

• Return value

  None.

  • name

    The name of the query to keep. All queries which match name are kept.

query_keep_regex

VOID query_keep_regex(STRING regex)

• Description

  Set keep to TRUE for all queries with name matching regex. This enables keep_mode. When writing or returning as a string, only kept queries are written/returned.

• Return value

  None.

  • regex

    The regular expression used to match on name. All queries which match regex are kept

query_count

INT query_count()

• Description

  Return the number of queries stored. If keep_mode is enabled, only kept queries will be counted.

• Return value

  The number of query pairs.

query_as_string

STRING query_as_string(BOOL sort_query = TRUE, ENUM {NONE, KEY, KEY_VALUE} query_unique = NONE)

• Description

  Return a string of queries in format name=value&name2. If keep_mode is enabled, only kept queries will be returned.

• Return value

  The string of the query pairs.

  • sort_query

    Sort the query string prior to writing. Defaults to TRUE.

  • query_unique

    Remove duplicate values in the query string by either key (KEY) or key and value (KEY_VALUE). The first occurrence is kept and each proceeding occurrence is removed. This is done before sorting. Defaults to NONE.

url_get

STRING url_get(INT start_range = 0, INT end_range= -1 , ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} leading_slash = FROM_INPUT, ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} trailing_slash = FROM_INPUT)

• Description

  Get the URL as a string.

• Return value

  A string of the normalized URL.

  • start_range

    A base 0 integer indicating the starting index of the URL to return. Defaults to 0, meaning the first index of the URL.

  • end_range

    A base 0 integer indicating the ending index of the URL to return. Defaults to -1, meaning the last index of the URL.

  • leading_slash

    Should the URL contain a leading slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the beginning of the URL if a leading slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

  • trailing_slash

    Should the URL contain a trailing slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the end of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the end of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the end of the URL if a trailing slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

url_add

VOID url_add(STRING name, BOOL keep = FALSE, INT position = -1)

• Description

  Add a URL segment to the URL.

• Return value

  None.

  • name

    the URL segment to add.

  • keep

    Indicate if the URL segment should be kept(TRUE) or not(FALSE). If in keep_mode and keep is TRUE, the URL segment is always kept when writing. Defaults to TRUE.

  • position

    A base 0 integer indicating where the URL segment will be added. Adding to position = 0 will add to the front of the list. Adding to position = 1 will add to the second spot and so on. Defaults to -1, which will add the URL segment to the end.

url_delete

VOID url_delete(STRING name, BOOL delete_keep = FALSE)

• Description

  Delete all instances of URL with name.

• Return value

  None.

  • name

    The name of the URL segment to delete.

  • delete_keep

    If set to TRUE delete kept URL segments. Defaults to FALSE.

url_delete_range

VOID url_delete_range(INT start_range, INT end_range, BOOL delete_keep = FALSE)

• Description

  Delete all URL segments between the indices start_range and end_range.

• Return value

  None.

  • start_range

    An inclusive base 0 integer indicating the starting index of the range.

  • end_range

    An inclusive base 0 integer indicating the ending index of the range. -1 indicates the last index.

  • delete_keep

    If set to TRUE delete kept URL segments. Defaults to FALSE.

url_delete_regex

VOID url_delete_regex(STRING regex, BOOL delete_keep = FALSE)

• Description

  Delete all instances of URL segments matching regex

• Return value

  None.

  • regex

    The regular expression used to match on name. All URL segments which match regex are deleted.

  • delete_keep

    If set to TRUE, delete kept URL segments. Defaults to FALSE.

url_keep

VOID url_keep(STRING name)

• Description

  Set keep to TRUE for all URL segments of name. This initiates keep_mode.

• Return value

  None.

  • name

    The URL segment to be kept.

url_keep_regex

VOID url_keep_regex(STRING regex)

• Description

  Set keep to TRUE for all URL segments of name. This initiates keep_mode.

• Return value

  None.

  • regex

    The regular expression used to match on name. All URL segments which match regex are kept

url_count

INT url_count()

• Description

  Return the number of URL segments stored. If keep_mode is enabled, only kept URL segments will be counted.

• Return value

  The number of URL segments.

url_as_string

STRING url_as_string(ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} leading_slash = FROM_INPUT, ENUM {FROM_INPUT, TRUE, FALSE} trailing_slash = FROM_INPUT)

• Description

  Return a string of the normalized URL in format some/test/url. If keep_mode is enabled, only kept URL segments will be returned.

• Return value

  A string of the URL.

  • leading_slash

    Should the URL contain a leading slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the beginning of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the beginning of the URL if a leading slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.

  • trailing_slash

    Should the URL contain a trailing slash? If TRUE a slash will be at the end of the URL. If FALSE no slash will be at the end of the URL. If FROM_INPUT a slash will be at the end of the URL if a trailing slash was in the URL when it was parsed. Defaults to FROM_INPUT.