Cookie Parameter Wildcard

Category: Request

Purpose: Identifies requests by whether they contain a cookie whose value 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.

Key information:

• Cookie name:

  • Special characters, including an asterisk, are not supported when specifying a cookie name. This means that only exact cookie name matches are eligible for comparison.
  • Only a single cookie name may be specified per instance of this match condition.
  • Cookie name comparisons are case-insensitive.

• Cookie value:

  • 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.

  • Specify multiple cookie values by delimiting each one with a single space.
  • The Ignore Case option determines whether a case-sensitive comparison will be made against the request's cookie value.

• The Result option determines the conditions under which this match condition will be satisfied.

  • Match: Requires a request to contain the specified cookie with a value that matches at least one of the patterns defined in this match condition.

  • Does Not Match: Requires that the request satisfy either of the following criteria:

    • It does not contain the specified cookie.
    • It contains the specified cookie, but its value does not match any of the patterns defined in this match condition.

• 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