# How to redirect internally? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-internally/221729 "2012-07-27T14:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-internally/221729/1 "2012-07-27T14:12:49Z")
Hi, I have created a config so that a URL like [www.mysite.com/abc/electronics.html](http://www.mysite.com/abc/electronics.html) is rewritten as [www.mysite.com/index.php/electronics.html?store=abc](http://www.mysite.com/index.php/electronics.html?store=abc). This is what I see in Mozilla Firebug GET abc/electronics.html 301 Moved Permanently GET index.php/electronics.html?store=abc 200 OK What is annoying is that the browser now shows the rewritten URL and not the pretty URL. How can we ensure that the redirection happens only internally? Thanks, Yash ---
**Author:** ![Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/7ab992/32.png) [@Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yash_G)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-internally/221729/2 "2012-07-27T14:22:46Z")
On 27 July 2012 13:12, Yash G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > GET index.php/electronics.html?store=abc > 200 OK > > What is annoying is that the browser now shows the rewritten URL and not the > pretty URL. How can we ensure that the redirection happens only internally? If you’re rewriting from/to inside the same server{} stanza, you can investigate using the “last” flag in the rewrite documentation: > **[Module ngx\_http\_rewrite\_module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html#rewrite)** > > The ngx\_http\_rewrite\_module module is used to change request URI using PCRE regular expressions, return redirects, and conditionally select configurations. I don’t know how you can achieve this across different server{}s (with the obvious proviso that you can have more than one server\_name in a server{}). ## HTH, Jonathan Jonathan M. Oxford, London, UK > **[Jonathan Matthews :: Words Typed, Great Rates For Cash](https://www.jpluscplusm.com)** ---
**Author:** ![Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/7ab992/32.png) [@Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yash_G)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-internally/221729/3 "2012-07-27T14:33:52Z")
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 05:42:17PM +0530, Yash G. wrote: Hi there, > I have created a config so that a URL like > [www.mysite.com/abc/electronics.html](http://www.mysite.com/abc/electronics.html) is rewritten as > [www.mysite.com/index.php/electronics.html?store=abc](http://www.mysite.com/index.php/electronics.html?store=abc). > What is annoying is that the browser now shows the rewritten URL and not > the pretty URL. How can we ensure that the redirection happens only > internally? > **[Module ngx\_http\_rewrite\_module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html#rewrite)** > > The ngx\_http\_rewrite\_module module is used to change request URI using PCRE regular expressions, return redirects, and conditionally select configurations. rewrites are internal, unless you do something to turn them into redirects (= external). What is the rewrite directive you are using? Are are you doing anything the documentation says makes it become a redirect? ## f Francis D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/7ab992/32.png) [@Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yash_G)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-internally/221729/4 "2012-07-29T12:52:41Z")
I suggest you show your wider config and some verbose curl -v output against nginx. On 29 July 2012 05:02, Yash G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > [www.mysite.com/index.php/electronics.html?store=abc](http://www.mysite.com/index.php/electronics.html?store=abc). > > > What is the rewrite directive you are using? Are are you doing anything > > * * * > > nginx mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) – Jonathan M. Oxford, London, UK > **[Jonathan Matthews :: Words Typed, Great Rates For Cash](https://www.jpluscplusm.com)** ---
**Author:** ![Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/7ab992/32.png) [@Yash\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yash_G)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-internally/221729/5 "2012-07-29T06:03:11Z")
All the rewrites are marked as last. e.g. rewrite ^/([a-zA-Z]+)(.\*) $2?store=$1 last;