htaccess return json from folder root

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How can I return an `index.json` file in a folder when the folder is navigated to using .htaccess?

I have the following directory and file structure:

/api/.htaccess
/api/index.json
/api/page-1/index.json
/api/page-1/page-a/index.json
/api/page-1/page-b/index.json
/api/page-2/index.json
/api/page-2/page-a/index.json
/api/page-2/page-b/index.json
/api/page-foo/index.json

and I would like them to appear when you navigate to the following URLs:

/api/
/api/page-1/
/api/page-1/page-a/
/api/page-1/page-b/
/api/page-2/
/api/page-2/page-a/
/api/page-2/page-b/
/api/page-foo/

How can I update the api/.htaccess file to allow this? So far all I have working is this bit:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/?$ index.json [L]
AddType application/json json

Which is successfully showing /api/index.json at the /api/ endpoint, but it doesn't point /api/page-1/ to /api/page-1/index.json

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-22 17:56:21Z

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You don't need a rule for this. Just use DirectoryIndex:

DirectoryIndex index.json

answered Jan 22, 2020 at 17:56

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anubhava Over a year ago

You can remove RewriteRule ^/?$ index.json [L] rule as well after this directive.

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