Continent

Category: Location

Purpose: Identifies requests by the continent from which the request was issued.

Key information:

• Specify one or more continents using the following codes:

  • AF: Africa
  • AS: Asia
  • EU: Europe
  • NA: North America
  • OC: Oceania
  • SA: South and Central America
  • ?: Unknown continent
• Specify multiple continents by delimiting each one with a single space.
• Wildcards are not supported when specifying a continent code.
• Certain requests may not return a valid continent code. A question mark (i.e., ?) will match requests for which a valid continent code could not be determined.
• Continent codes are case-sensitive.

• The Result option determines when this condition will be met.

  • Match: This condition is satisfied when the request originates from one of the specified continents.
  • Does Not Match: This condition is satisfied when the request does not originate from one of the specified continents.

• Due to the manner in which cache settings are tracked, this match condition is incompatible with the following features:

  • Complete Cache Fill (End-of-Life)
  • Default Internal Max-Age
  • Force Internal Max-Age
  • Ignore Origin No-Cache
  • Internal Max-Stale

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