Rewrite index.php to SEF URL without query params

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Hello,
A really old site has URLs similar to this:

index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1
index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=8

All pages are indexed based on query parameters. I am lunching a new site and I want to 301 redirect all indexed pages to search engine friendly urls.

This is my Caddyfile testing it locally:

localhost:8080
gzip
log access.log

rewrite /index.php {
    if {query} match view=frontpage
    to /test
}

rewrite /index.php {
    if {query} match view=demo
    to /demo
}

Rewrite works but query parameters are appended to the URL after rewrite. My URL looks like this /test/?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1

Is there a way to rewrite without the queries ?

I also tried using redir like this:

redir 301 {
	if {query} match view=frontpage
	/index.php /test
}

redir 301 {
	if {query} match view=demo
	/index.php /demo
}

Redir does not include the query parameters if it is just one redirect, but I get an error Error during parsing: rule with duplicate 'from' value: /index.php -> /test.

Any help appreciated :wink:

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Yeah, I thought there was an open issue about this but I can’t find it now. This is on my TODO list; redirects shouldn’t be duplicates if they have if statements, even if the path is the same.

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Is something like this supposed to work or each if MUST be in its own redir block?

redir 301 {
	if {query} match view=frontpage
	/index.php /test

	if {query} match view=demo
	/index.php /demo
}

Can I create an issue for duplicate redirects with if statement?

4

Each one needs to be in its own redir block. Then that should work, but it doesn’t currently.

5

The solution to this right now is a little messy.

rewrite {
  if {query} has view=frontpage # use substring 'has' instead of regex 'match'; faster
  to /redir-to-test/
}
redir 301 {
  if {rewrite_uri} is /redir-to-test/
  /redir-to-test/ /test
}

rewrite {
  if {query} has view=demo
  to /redir-to-demo/
}
redir 301 {
  if {rewrite_uri} is /redir-to-demo/
  /redir-to-demo/ /demo
}
6

Thanks! Messy or not I will use it.
I have to redirect around 30 pages like this. Do you think it can cause any other drawbacks (slower server response or something else) beside the messy part?

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Nah, should be pretty quick - I’d bet (not based on any actual benchmarks, mind) that 100s of these probably won’t have a big impact (unless you’re using match instead of has).

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This part did not work for some reason if {rewrite_uri} is /redir-to-demo/. The rewrite worked but then it did not redir.

What I tried was this:

rewrite {
	if {query} has view=demo
	to /redir-to-demo/
}
redir 301 {
	if {query} has view=demo
	/redir-to-demo/ /demo
}

rewrite {
	if {query} has view=test
	to /redir-to-test/
}
redir 301 {
	if {query} has view=test
	/redir-to-test/ /test
}

It worked. I am not very good with servers and I really can’t give you good explanation why if {rewrite_uri} is /redir-to-demo/ did not work. It seems a better solution.

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