URL Path Extension Wildcard

Category: URL

Purpose: Identifies requests by whether the requested URL points to an asset with a file extension that matches a pattern defined by a wildcardThis type of value supports the use of special characters to establish a pattern. For example, specifying an asterisk within this type of value will match one or more characters. value.

Choosing the right URL path match condition.

Key information:

• This match condition looks for a URL that ends with a period (.) and the specified file extension. Therefore, make sure that any file extensions specified in the Value option do not contain a leading period.

  • Correct:
    htm
  • Incorrect:
    .htm

• The value(s) associated with this match condition may be defined using any combination of numbers, letters, and/or symbols. This type of value also supports the use of special characters.

  Each specified value may contain one or more asterisks. Each asterisk will match a sequence of one or more characters.

• The case-sensitivity of file extension comparisons is determined by the Ignore Case option.

• Specify multiple file extensions by delimiting each one with a single space.

  Sample syntax:

  htm html

• This match condition is satisfied when the requested asset's file extension is either an exact match (i.e., match) or does not match one of the specified file extensions.

  Example:

  Specifying "htm" will match for "htm" assets, but not "html" assets.

Sample Scenario

A sample scenario is provided below.

The following sample configuration assume that this match condition is satisfied when a request matches one of the specified values.

Value	Description
asp aspx php html	This pattern will be satisfied when it finds any URLs that end with the following values: .asp .aspx .php .html

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