How to quick and easy remove part of an URL in Nginx with HttpRewriteModule?

Question

I know about the HttpRewriteModule, but I don't really know how to handle regex and I would need to redirect all URLs within a certain directory to another, specifically:

From: example.com/component/tag/whatever

To: example.com/tag/whatever

Could some one tell me how to do this in Nginx?

score 63 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '11 at 11:55

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Do you mean something like:

rewrite ^/component(.*)$ $1 last;

answered Aug 18 '11 at 11:55

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I think this will do it, thank you so much. I'm awful at regular expressions; I will have to try to learn them... – javipas Aug 18 '11 at 12:05
https://www.regex101.com/r/qJ5gU1/1 has explanation on the right side – Jon Mar 25 '15 at 11:13
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You may need to replace last by break. (Last will try to resolve other locations after the rewrite). – Thomas Decaux Apr 11 '15 at 09:57
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It only worked for me with `break` and not with `last`. – Guillaume Jun 20 '17 at 09:38
@ThomasDecaux what is the difference between break and last – Mothirajha Dec 04 '17 at 13:37
`last` = stop rewriting this request and search for a new matching `location` block, and `break` = stop rewriting this request and continue execution within the current `location` block – NoChecksum Jan 28 '19 at 17:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '21 at 02:01

Depending where you define the rewrite directive you have two ways to implement it:

A. In the `server` context

server {
    ...
    rewrite ^/component(.*)$ $1 last;
    ...
}

B. In the `location` context

location /component {
    rewrite ^/component(.*)$ $1 break;
}

Teo, why did you change the flag last to break? Because, if this directive is put inside of a location context, the last flag will make nginx to run 10 cycles and return the 500 error.

How to quick and easy remove part of an URL in Nginx with HttpRewriteModule?

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A. In the `server` context

B. In the `location` context

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How to quick and easy remove part of an URL in Nginx with HttpRewriteModule?

2 Answers2

A. In the server context

B. In the location context

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A. In the `server` context

B. In the `location` context