.htaccess folder to index.php and file to file

Question

I'm creating a API for a specific part of my webapplication. The API is located in the subfolder API. See the folder structure below:

- API
  - cars
     - index.php
     - count.php

However, now the tricky part. Customers will be requesting endpoints that end with JSON:

cars.json => cars/index.php cars/count.json => cars/count.php

I'm not an expert in rewrites. But is this possible?

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-30 18:12:00Z

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Try this in your htaccess :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^cars\.json$ /cars/index.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^cars/count\.json$ /cars/count.php [NC,L]

The first Rule rewrites cars.json to cars/index.php and the second Rule Rewrites cars/count.json to cars/count.php .

answered Aug 30, 2015 at 18:05

Amit Verma

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I've placed the .htaccess file in the API directory and now it throws an internal server error. Did I do something wrong?

probably because the path the user request is much longer. is it http:example.org/api/cars.json

True, full path is gate.carsdomain.com/branche/api/cars.json and gate.carsdomain.com/branche/api/cars/count.json. So where should I place the .htaccess and is that one still correct?