mod_rewrite Replace string in URL

Question

I am trying to achievement replacement of a string in a URL on the Apache level.

So I have a URL like :

https://barred.v.com/sorter.do?clientId=testvalue1

I want this to be redirected to

https://barred.v.com/sorter.do?nai=testvalue1

So look for clientId and replace by nai .

Is this even possible at the Apache layer ? with mod_rewrite ?

Rounin · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-19 09:31:22Z

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In the root folder of

http://example.com/

upload an .htaccess file, containing the following:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} clientId=(.+)
RewriteRule ^sorter\.do http://%{HTTP_HOST}/sorter.do?nai=%1 [NC,L]

edited Dec 19, 2015 at 9:31

answered Dec 19, 2015 at 1:24

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Jason Stanley Over a year ago

It seems to work only when I do Rewrite Rule ^\/sorter.do http://%{HTTP_HOST}/sorter.do?nai=%1 [NC,L] But I am also trying to do : RewriteRule ^\/sorter.do\?clientId(.*)$ /sorter.do?$nai$1 [R=301,L,NE] but it doesnt work. Any idea whats wrong with it ?

Rounin Over a year ago

In your second example above, it looks like you're trying to rewrite the query string using the RewriteRule. But you can't do that. You need to capture a variable from the RewriteCond as in the example in the post above. Can you give a concrete example of where the lines in the post above don't work? Thanks.

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-19 02:15:34Z

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Try the following :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /sorter\.do\?clientId=([^\s]+) [NC] 
RewriteRule ^sorter\.do$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/?nai=%1 [NC,L]

answered Dec 19, 2015 at 2:15

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