f5-encoder_decoder.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
import binascii

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Encoding and Decoding F5 URL Rewrites')
parser.add_argument('mode',  type=str, help='text to encode or decode')
parser.add_argument('input_text', type=str, help='text to encode or decode')
parser.add_argument('--host', type=str, help='original F5 baseurl')


def encode(input_word):
    return(binascii.hexlify(input_word.encode('iso-8859-9')))

def decode(input_word):
    return(bytes.fromhex(input_word))

args = parser.parse_args()

if args.mode.lower() == 'encode':
    if args.host:
        print('https://{0}/f5-w-{1}$$/'.format(args.host, encode(args.input_text).decode("utf-8")))
    else:
        print('/f5-w-{0}$$/'.format(encode(args.input_text).decode("utf-8")))

if args.mode.lower() == 'decode':
    print(''.format(decode(args.input_text)))