rewritepolicy

Last published : Sep 25, 2026
Configuration for rewrite policy resource.
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Properties

(click to see Operations )
Name Data Type Permissions Description
name <String> Read-write Name for the rewrite policy. Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore character (_), and must contain only letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-), period (.) hash (#), space ( ), at (@), equals (=), colon (:), and underscore characters. Can be changed after the rewrite policy is added. The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, "my rewrite policy" or 'my rewrite policy').
rule <String> Read-write Expression against which traffic is evaluated. The following requirements apply only to the Citrix ADC CLI: * If the expression includes one or more spaces, enclose the entire expression in double quotation marks. * If the expression itself includes double quotation marks, escape the quotations by using the \ character. * Alternatively, you can use single quotation marks to enclose the rule, in which case you do not have to escape the double quotation marks.
action <String> Read-write Name of the rewrite action to perform if the request or response matches this rewrite policy. There are also some built-in actions which can be used. These are: * NOREWRITE - Send the request from the client to the server or response from the server to the client without making any changes in the message. * RESET - Resets the client connection by closing it. The client program, such as a browser, will handle this and may inform the user. The client may then resend the request if desired. * DROP - Drop the request without sending a response to the user.
undefaction <String> Read-write Action to perform if the result of policy evaluation is undefined (UNDEF). An UNDEF event indicates an internal error condition. Only the above built-in actions can be used.
comment <String> Read-write Any comments to preserve information about this rewrite policy.
logaction <String> Read-write Name of messagelog action to use when a request matches this policy.
newname <String> Read-write New name for the rewrite policy. Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore character (_), and must contain only letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-), period (.) hash (#), space ( ), at (@), equals (=), colon (:), and underscore characters. The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, "my rewrite policy" or 'my rewrite policy'). Minimum length = 1
hits <Integer> Read-only Number of hits.
undefhits <Integer> Read-only Number of Undef hits.
description <String> Read-only Description of the policy.
isdefault <Boolean> Read-only A value of true is returned if it is a default rewritepolicy.
builtin <String[]> Read-only Flag to determine if rewrite policy is built-in or not. Possible values = MODIFIABLE, DELETABLE, IMMUTABLE, PARTITION_ALL
feature <String> Read-only The feature to be checked while applying this config.
_nextgenapiresource <String> Read-only .
__count <Double> Read-only count parameter

Operations

(click to see Properties )
  • ADD
  • DELETE
  • UPDATE
  • UNSET
  • GET (ALL)
  • GET
  • COUNT
  • RENAME
Some options that you can use for each operations:
  • Getting warnings in response: NITRO allows you to get warnings in an operation by specifying the 'warning' query parameter as 'yes'. For example, to get warnings while connecting to the NetScaler appliance, the URL is as follows:
    http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/login?warning=yes
    If any, the warnings are displayed in the response payload with the HTTP code '209 X-NITRO-WARNING'.
  • Authenticated access for individual NITRO operations: NITRO allows you to logon to the NetScaler appliance to perform individual operations. You can use this option instead of creating a NITRO session (using the login object) and then using that session to perform all operations,
    To do this, you must specify the username and password in the request header of the NITRO request as follows:
    X-NITRO-USER: <username>
    X-NITRO-PASS: <password>
    Note: In such cases, make sure that the request header DOES not include the following:
    Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
*Note: * Mandatory parameters are marked in red and placeholder content is marked in green

add

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy HTTP Method: POST
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Content-Type:application/json
Request Payload:
{"rewritepolicy":{
<b>"name":<String_value>,
</b><b>"rule":<String_value>,
</b><b>"action":<String_value>,
</b>"undefaction":<String_value>,
"comment":<String_value>,
"logaction":<String_value>
}}
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 201 Created
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error

delete

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy/ name_value<String> HTTP Method: DELETE
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error

update

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy HTTP Method: PUT
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Content-Type:application/json
Request Payload:
{"rewritepolicy":{
<b>"name":<String_value>,
</b>"rule":<String_value>,
"action":<String_value>,
"undefaction":<String_value>,
"comment":<String_value>,
"logaction":<String_value>
}}
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error

unset

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? action=unset HTTP Method: POST
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Content-Type:application/json
Request Payload:
{"rewritepolicy":{
<b>"name":<String_value>,
</b>"undefaction":true,
"comment":true,
"logaction":true
}}
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error

rename

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? action=rename HTTP Method: POST
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Content-Type:application/json
Request Payload:
{"rewritepolicy":{
<b>"name":<String_value>,
</b><b>"newname":<String_value>
</b>}}
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error

get (all)

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy Query-parameters: attrs http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? attrs=property-name1,property-name2
Use this query parameter to specify the resource details that you want to retrieve.
filter http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? filter=property-name1:property-val1,property-name2:property-val2
Use this query-parameter to get the filtered set of rewritepolicy resources configured on NetScaler.Filtering can be done on any of the properties of the resource.
view http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? view=summary
Use this query-parameter to get the summary output of rewritepolicy resources configured on NetScaler.
Note: By default, the retrieved results are displayed in detail view (?view=detail).
pagination http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? pagesize=#no;pageno=#no
Use this query-parameter to get the rewritepolicy resources in chunks.
HTTP Method: GET
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Accept:application/json
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error
Response Header:
Content-Type:application/json
Response Payload:
{ "rewritepolicy": [ {
"name":<String_value>,
"rule":<String_value>,
"action":<String_value>,
"undefaction":<String_value>,
"hits":<Integer_value>,
"undefhits":<Integer_value>,
"description":<String_value>,
"comment":<String_value>,
"logaction":<String_value>,
"isdefault":<Boolean_value>,
"builtin":<String[]_value>,
"feature":<String_value>,
"_nextgenapiresource":<String_value>
}]}

get

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy/ name_value<String> Query-parameters: attrs http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy/ name_value<String> ? attrs=property-name1,property-name2
Use this query parameter to specify the resource details that you want to retrieve.
view http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy/ name_value<String> ? view=summary
Use this query-parameter to get the summary output of rewritepolicy resources configured on NetScaler.
Note: By default, the retrieved results are displayed in detail view (?view=detail).
HTTP Method: GET
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Accept:application/json
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error
Response Header:
Content-Type:application/json
Response Payload:
{  "rewritepolicy": [ {
"name":<String_value>,
"rule":<String_value>,
"action":<String_value>,
"undefaction":<String_value>,
"hits":<Integer_value>,
"undefhits":<Integer_value>,
"description":<String_value>,
"comment":<String_value>,
"logaction":<String_value>,
"isdefault":<Boolean_value>,
"builtin":<String[]_value>,
"feature":<String_value>,
"_nextgenapiresource":<String_value>
}]}

count

URL: http:// <netscaler-ip-address> /nitro/v1/config/rewritepolicy? count=yes HTTP Method: GET
Request Headers:
Cookie:NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN= <tokenvalue>
Accept:application/json
Response: HTTP Status Code on Success: 200 OK
HTTP Status Code on Failure: 4xx <string> (for general HTTP errors) or 5xx <string> (for NetScaler-specific errors). The response payload provides details of the error
Response Header:
Content-Type:application/json
Response Payload:
{ "rewritepolicy": [ { "__count": "#no"} ] }