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title: Attributes List
slug: ps/help/en_us/vtm/jdev/attributes-list
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createdAt: 2026-08-02T09:24:25.647Z
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Attributes are parameters that can be used with the ServletRequest.get/setAttribute() methods to view and alter the connection information.

| Attribute       | Description                                                                                                   |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| args            | Any arguments passed to the Servlet from TrafficScript                                                        |
| avoidnodes      | Space separated list of nodes to avoid with the load balancing                                                |
| bandwidth       | Get/set the bandwidth class to use                                                                            |
| cache           | Set to 0 for http.cache.disable(), 1 for http.cache.enable()                                                  |
| cachekey        | Set the cache key.                                                                                            |
| compress        | Set to 0 for http.compress.disable(), 1 for 'default' and 2 for http.compress.enable() .                      |
| dstip           | Destination IP address (i.e. the address on the traffic manager).                                             |
| dstport         | Destination port (i.e. the port on the traffic manager) .                                                     |
| idempotent      | Get/set whether this request is idempotent - 0/1 for no/yes                                                   |
| node            | Node used by this connection - readable by a response rule only.                                              |
| persistence     | Get/set the persistence class to use .                                                                        |
| persistencekey  | Set the persistence data to use for universal session persistence                                             |
| persistencenode | Set the node to persist on                                                                                    |
| pool            | Get/set the pool to use                                                                                       |
| proxy           | Set the machine to forward proxy on to. This should be set to IP\:Port (i.e. the servlet does any DNS lookup) |
| resendable      | Read-only: is the request is resendable to another node. Valid in response rules only. Returns 0/1            |
| retries         | Read the number of retries - request.getRetries()                                                             |
| rule            | The name of the TrafficScript rule that called this extension.                                                |
| serverbandwidth | Get/set the bandwidth class to use for server-side data                                                       |
| serverdstip     | The IP address the server (node) sent to.                                                                     |
| serverdstport   | The port the server (node) sent to.                                                                           |
| serversrcip     | The IP address of the server (node).                                                                          |
| serversrcport   | The server's (node's) source port.                                                                            |
| servertos       | IP Type-Of-Service flag to use for the server connection - takes same args as request.getToS()                |
| servicelevel    | Get/set the SLM class to use                                                                                  |
| srcip           | Client's IP address                                                                                           |
| srcport         | Client's source port                                                                                          |
| tos             | IP Type-Of-Service flag to use for the client connection                                                      |
| virtualserver   | Read the virtual server name                                                                                  |