Jan 18, 2023 — respondWith support for the onOriginResponse event handler

You can now use onOriginResponse and onOriginRequest to dynamically build a response from your JavaScript code using the respondWith method.

If you include both the construct-response in the metadata and respondWith in your JavaScript code, the last one that runs will win.

Use the onOriginResponse event handler to :

• Construct a response based on the results of a conditional match of the response received from an origin server.
• Construct a custom error or redirect page if the origin responds with an error or redirect status code.
• Provide multiple choice, status code 300, origin response handling.
• If the origin replies with a list of URLs pointing to domains in various physical locations, you can apply a rule that:
  • Uses the best geolocation match.
  • Constructs a response using responseWith that includes only the relevant response.
• Handle 5xx errors from the origin, using a respondWith redirect page that provides details about the original query instead of transferring the 5xx status code.
• Handle any type of origin response authentication procedure.

Use the onOriginRequest event handler to:

• Test the outcome of a client-request metadata stage execution.
• Use the test results to make decisions based on variables set up during that stage.
• Validate the completion of a sub-request invoked using the onClientRequest event handler. If the attempt fails and information is missing from the request the results should be sent to Origin, and the flow terminated using respondWith.