example/plugins/lua-api/sorted_query_params.lua

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-- This script is for sorting query parameters on incoming requests before doing cache lookup
-- so we can get better cache hit ratio
-- It can be used in remap.config for a remap rule with the lua plugin.

function pairsByKeys(t, f)
  local a = {}
  for n in pairs(t) do
    table.insert(a, n)
  end
  table.sort(a, f)
  local i = 0 -- iterator variable
  local iter = function()
    -- iterator function
    i = i + 1
    if a[i] == nil then
      return nil
    else
      return a[i], t[a[i]]
    end
  end
  return iter
end

function do_remap()
  t = {}
  s = ts.client_request.get_uri_args() or ""
  -- Original String
  i = 1
  for k, v in string.gmatch(s, "([0-9a-zA-Z-_]+)=([0-9a-zA-Z-_]+)") do
    t[k] = v
  end

  output = ""
  for name, line in pairsByKeys(t) do
    output = output .. "&" .. name .. "=" .. line
  end
  output = string.sub(output, 2)
  -- Modified String
  ts.client_request.set_uri_args(output)
  return 0
end