# Got it work but looking for a better solution maybe

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-work-but-looking-for-a-better-solution-maybe/210041>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-work-but-looking-for-a-better-solution-maybe/210041 "2011-07-29T00:52:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-work-but-looking-for-a-better-solution-maybe/210041/1 "2011-07-29T00:52:14Z")

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Hello,  
I have an old urls that i want to transfer to homepage. :  
[http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key](http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key)

what i did and it’s working (however i would be curious to know the  
proper way…)

if ($arg\_searchword) {  
rewrite ^ $uri? permanent;  
}  
rewrite ^/Recherche.html [http://www.mysiter.com/](http://www.mysiter.com/) permanent;

Can i make this in one shot ? to redirect such URL ? Here it is done two  
steps.  
Tahnks and regards.  
Yaz

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Got it work but looking for a better solution maybe...](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,213054,213054#msg-213054)**
>
> Hello, I have an old urls that i want to transfer to homepage. : http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key what i did and it's working (however i would be curious to know the proper way...) if ($arg\_searchword) { rewrite ^ $uri? pe

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**Author:** ![yaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/9e8a1a/32.png) [@yaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yaz)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-work-but-looking-for-a-better-solution-maybe/210041/2 "2011-07-29T01:08:54Z")

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On 7/29/11, yaz [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I have an old urls that i want to transfer to homepage. :  
> [http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key](http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key)

> if ($arg\_searchword) {  
> rewrite ^ $uri? permanent;  
> }  
> rewrite ^/Recherche.html [http://www.mysiter.com/](http://www.mysiter.com/) permanent;

> Can i make this in one shot ? to redirect such URL ? Here it is done two  
> steps.

localtion = /Recherche.html {  
rewrite ^ [http://www.mysiter.com/](http://www.mysiter.com/) permanent;  
}

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**Author:** ![yaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/9e8a1a/32.png) [@yaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yaz)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-work-but-looking-for-a-better-solution-maybe/210041/3 "2011-07-29T01:44:30Z")

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Hmm i have this error while doing this  
Restarting nginx: nginx: [emerg] unknown directive “localtion”

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Got it work but looking for a better solution maybe...](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,213054,213056#msg-213056)**
>
> Hello, I have an old urls that i want to transfer to homepage. : http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key what i did and it's working (however i would be curious to know the proper way...) if ($arg\_searchword) { rewrite ^ $uri? pe

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**Author:** ![yaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/9e8a1a/32.png) [@yaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yaz)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-work-but-looking-for-a-better-solution-maybe/210041/4 "2011-07-29T01:45:44Z")

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ok got it wrong spelling

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Got it work but looking for a better solution maybe...](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,213054,213057#msg-213057)**
>
> Hello, I have an old urls that i want to transfer to homepage. : http://www.mysite.com/Recherche.html?searchword=dummy+key what i did and it's working (however i would be curious to know the proper way...) if ($arg\_searchword) { rewrite ^ $uri? pe