std.prefixof
Available inall subroutines.
True if the string s begins with the string begins_with. An empty string is
not considered a prefix.
Returns false otherwise.
Example
set req.http.X-ps = std.prefixof("greenhouse", "green");Try it out
std.prefixof is used in the following code examples. Examples apply VCL to real-world use cases and can be deployed as they are, or adapted for your own service. See the full list of code examples for more inspiration.
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Authenticate JSON Web Tokens at the edge
Decode the popular JWT format to verify user session tokens before forwarding trusted authentication data to your origin.
