I want to transfer /script/action/var1___val1/var2___val2/.../varN___valN/ to /script/action?var1=val1&var2=val2&...&varN=valN. My rewrite rules are: rewrite ^/script/(.*)/(\w+)___([^/]+)/(.*)$ /script/$1/$2=$3&$4? last; rewrite ^/script/(\w+)/(.+) /script/$1?$2 break; If value of val1/val2/.../valN is alphabets or digits, the rules works fine. Once url encoded value appearsby kennylanse - Nginx Mailing List - English