I need to redirect a URL in nginx. My rule looks like this which actually causes the browser to visibly change the URL, which is not what is expected.

location / {
rewrite ^/dentists/bangalore/indiranagar/$ http://abc.com/doctorsInArea.htm?cID=bangalore&aID=indiranagar break;
}

I read another question here nginx rewrite WITHOUT change url which tells me to remove the http part . I tried

location / {
rewrite ^/dentists/bangalore/indiranagar/$ /doctorsInArea.htm?cID=bangalore&aID=indiranagar break;
}

This one throws a 404 even though http://abc.com/doctorsInArea.htm?cID=bangalore&aID=indiranagar works fine when hit from the browser. Any insights on the problem would be apprreciated.

rewrite ^/dentists/([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)/?$ /doctorsInArea.htm?cID=$1&aID=$2;

Does this work? You don't want to use http:// for rewrite



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/22/2013 02:57PM by voodooKobra.