URL Path Extension Literal

Category: URL

Purpose: Identifies requests by whether the requested URL points to an asset with a file extension that matches a literalThis type of value does not assign a special meaning to characters. The only exception is % which is used for URL encoding. 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 associated with this match condition may be defined using any combination of numbers, letters, and/or symbols. All characters, with the exception of the % symbol, will be treated as a fixed value and cannot take on a special meaning.

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

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

  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 the specified value.

Value	Description
asp	This match condition will be satisfied when it finds a URLs that ends with the following value: .asp

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