# URL rewrites - IBM Lotus Domino **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [May 17, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-rewrites-ibm-lotus-domino/188730 "2010-05-17T12:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-rewrites-ibm-lotus-domino/188730/1 "2010-05-17T12:46:37Z")
Hi I have some (wierd) URLs that i need to redirect to a new site. Problem is that original site is made with IBM Lotus Domino and URLs are somewhat “funny”. My problem is how should i made these redirections to nginx configuration, here is couple examples: [http://www.isku.fi/iskuasp/interiorweb.nsf/sp?Open&action=openproduct&lang=fin&id=A47E5D15953F2602C22576340](http://www.isku.fi/iskuasp/interiorweb.nsf/sp?Open&action=openproduct&lang=fin&id=A47E5D15953F2602C22576340) need’s to go → [http://www.iskuinterior.fi](http://www.iskuinterior.fi) Okay that was easiest one, because i have these kind of URLS too: [http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb.nsf/sp2?Open&secondNavinf=Eng\Navi\Products\Desks%20and%20tables&secondNavinfa=o&action=openproduct&id=4798A4EB88F4D451C22576690&lang1=eng&Pöydät|Työpöydät|Matrix%20Y](http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb.nsf/sp2?Open&secondNavinf=Eng%5CNavi%5CProducts%5CDesks%20and%20tables&secondNavinfa=o&action=openproduct&id=4798A4EB88F4D451C22576690&lang1=eng&P%C3%B6yd%C3%A4t%7CTy%C3%B6p%C3%B6yd%C3%A4t%7CMatrix%20Y) should goto: [http://www.iskuinterior.fi/interior/actions/customer\_base/product/ProductView.action?productId=210228&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iskuinterior.fi%3A80%2Finterior%2Factions%2Fisku\_interior%2Fproduct%2FProductFamilySearch.action%3FproductFamilyId%3D46275](http://www.iskuinterior.fi/interior/actions/customer_base/product/ProductView.action?productId=210228&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iskuinterior.fi%3A80%2Finterior%2Factions%2Fisku_interior%2Fproduct%2FProductFamilySearch.action%3FproductFamilyId%3D46275) Problem is that some URLs that i got are escaped like: [http://www.isku.fi](http://www.isku.fi)%2FiskuAsp%2Finteriorweb.nsf%2Fsp%3Fopen%26cid%3Dindexfin&ei=p77fS8DxMt2gOMHShfEI&usg=AFQjCNFkPJRA5VvhQ5qs2A1FBU2cH1Y6Fg&sig2=vOXFzYS0xyyqS\_iQ2DIIFA Should goto: [http://www.iskuinterior.fi](http://www.iskuinterior.fi) Should i just give up and tell customer that its a nogo… My head hurts already… Terveisin/Regards, Pekka Panula, Sofor Oy - Jatkuvat palvelut ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-rewrites-ibm-lotus-domino/188730/2 "2010-05-17T18:50:11Z")
-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:45:39 +0300 > Von: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > An: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Betreff: URL rewrites - IBM Lotus Domino > Should i just give up and tell customer that its a nogo… My head hurts > already… You first need to understand how Domino is producing those URLs before you can even think of doing a mapping in Nginx. Domino in general works with: - UNID (Universal ID. Should be unique in a Domino domain) - NoteID (should be unique per database) - Replication ID (should be unique per Domino domain) Domino has many ways to represent a URL for the same thing. For example: - [http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb.nsf?OpenDataBase](http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb.nsf?OpenDataBase) - [http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb?OpenDataBase](http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb?OpenDataBase) - [http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/](http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/)?OpenDataBase - [http://www.isku.lt/](http://www.isku.lt/)?OpenDataBase All the above could open the same database. Then after the database you can address many different things: /\? And most of those things after the database can be either a name (like “sp” in your case) or a UNID or an alias or or or… You can off course write mappings for that. But your customer needs to tell you what needs to be mapped to what. Your customer can impossibly expect you to know all the combinations. He is the one who needs to tell you what to do. After you have that list, writing the rewrites in Nginx is easy. > Terveisin/Regards, > Pekka Panula, Sofor Oy - Jatkuvat palvelut ## // Steve GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter [http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01](http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-rewrites-ibm-lotus-domino/188730/3 "2010-05-18T07:51:33Z")
> - [http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb?OpenDataBase](http://www.isku.lt/IskuASP/interiorweb?OpenDataBase) > And most of those things after the database can be either a name > (like “sp” in your case) or a UNID or an alias or or or… > > You can off course write mappings for that. But your customer needs > to tell you what needs to be mapped to what. Your customer can > impossibly expect you to know all the combinations. He is the one > who needs to tell you what to do. After you have that list, writing > the rewrites in Nginx is easy. > // Steve In this case i dont need to map those different types but those i copied, they are actual URL that web site produces in certain situation, eg. link in the site that needs to go to new site. But as they are URL args in nature and contains special characters etc, like spaces, / or \ chars, etc. i wonder how in actually rewrite those URLs in nginx, its kinda difficult because most part of URL is arguments. Terveisin/Regards, Pekka Panula, Sofor Oy - Jatkuvat palvelut