mod_rewrite

I have a url like this http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/index.php?get_categories=&api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d

which outputs a json file with categories

is there a way to make the url like this

http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/get_categories?api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d

thanks

any help?

Calm down, it's only been 30 minutes on an early Monday morning.

Yes it's possible. In a .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(get_categories|...)\?
RewriteRule ^ index.php?%1= [L,QSA]

For every API call to do URL rewriting on, add it to that third Cond separated by |s. Like

^/(foo|bar|baz|whatever)\?

(If anyone's wondering, I used a third RewriteCond for readability's sake.)

Hi this doesn't seem to be working?

Hi this doesn't seem to be working?

should, can you post the code that you are using please.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

  Options +FollowSymLinks

  Options +Indexes

  RewriteEngine On

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

  RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(get_categories|...)\?

  RewriteRule ^ index.php?%1= [L,QSA]

  RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)/$ $1.php [NC,L]

</IfModule>

and im trying to access http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/get_gategories?api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d

Ive also put the .htaccess file in public_html should i put it in api folder?

root dir is fine,

requinix rewriteCond was an example, RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(get_categories|...)\?

It was not meant to be copied verbatim, if you do not have any other conditions to rewrite, leave it as get_categories instead of (get_categories|...)

remove the extra newlines in the .htaccess, they should not be there.

you have conflicting rewriterules as well, quite frankly the one you added makes no sense to me as to why it is there, use the rewriterule that requinix provided.

please could you should me an example of how to get from

http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/index.php?blog_posts=&api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d

to

http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/blog_posts?api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d

thanks for the help btw

re-read requinix post, he gives an answer to this.

For every API call to do URL rewriting on, add it to that third Cond separated by |s. Like

Code: [select]

^/(foo|bar|baz|whatever)\?

Ive tried this but no luck

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

  Options +FollowSymLinks

  Options +Indexes

  RewriteEngine On

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

  RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(get_categories)\?

  RewriteRule ^ index.php?%1= [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

please see http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/get_categories?

any help please?

Hi,

Thanks for all the help already,

I have a url like this http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/index.php?get_gategories=&api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d which when accessed it produces a json output.

as you can see the url is a sub domain and the index.php file is in a folder in root public_html called "api"

what i would like to achieve is this

http://api.socialnewsoffice.com/get_gategories?api_key=b5cbd66dca99c49d1a6c3d

I've tried this but no luck also tried the above

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

   Options +FollowSymLinks
   Options +Indexes
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)/$ $1.php [NC,L]
   RewriteRule ^/(get_categories)\?$ index.php?get_categories=$1 [L]

</IfModule>