# Nginx rewrite help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-rewrite-help/189908>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-rewrite-help/189908 "2010-06-09T19:34:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-rewrite-help/189908/1 "2010-06-09T19:34:01Z")

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hi  
how do i do this rewrite in nginx? can you help me out

[id.quiz.xx.com](http://id.quiz.xx.com) → [quiz.xx.com/?quiz\_id=id](http://quiz.xx.com/?quiz_id=id)

thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-rewrite-help/189908/2 "2010-06-09T19:39:52Z")

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On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:32:21AM -0700, kevin wrote:

> hi  
> how do i do this rewrite in nginx? can you help me out
> 
> [id.quiz.xx.com](http://id.quiz.xx.com) → [quiz.xx.com/?quiz\_id=id](http://quiz.xx.com/?quiz_id=id)

```
server {
    server_name ~^(?<id>.+)\.quiz\.xx\.com$;
    rewrite ^ http://quiz.xx.com/?quiz_id=$id;
}

```

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Igor S.

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