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A rewrite engine also known as URL rewriting, is software which modifies the URLs appearance, for example:
- http://example.com/wiki/index.php?title=Page_title
is changed to:
- http://example.com/Page_title
The benefits of a rewrite engine are[1]:
- Making website URLs more user and search engine friendly
- Preventing undesired "inline linking"
- Not exposing the inner workings of a web site's address to visitors
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Java and Ruby on Rails
In Java, the term "URL rewriting" sometimes describes a Web Application Server adding a session id to a URL when cookies are not supported (e.g. "index.jsp" is rewritten to "index.jsp;jsessionid=xyc" when the links are drawn in an HTML page).
Ruby on Rails has built-in URL rewriting via Routes.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Many of these only apply to HTTP servers whose default behavior is to map URLs to filesystem entities (i.e. files and directories); certain environments, such as many HTTP application server platforms, make this irrelevant.
- ^ Routes.
External links
Apache
- Apache's mod_rewrite: a detailed discussion of mod_rewrite's many features.
- Additional Apache URL rewriting guide: more detailed discussion of mod_rewrite
- Using mod_rewrite in a holistic way
- mod_rewrite, a beginner's guide (with examples): a guide to get you started using mod_rewrite.
- Apache mod rewrite tutorials and regular expression lessons: Mod rewrite instruction with Regular Expression syntax lessons, a how to tutorial from beginner to advanced
- Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite: a tutorial for redirecting URLs.
- The Indie Publisher's mod_rewrite Recipe Book: a collection of mod_rewrite recipes especially for independent publishers.
- URL Rewriting Tool
- Quick introduction to mod_rewrite and when it is useful.
- Useful url rewriting examples 5 common and useful url rewriting examples..
IIS
- Bill Staples of Microsoft announces a new URL Rewrite Module for IIS7 which includes the ability to import Apache mod_rewrite rules
- How to redirect URLs to different Web sites Microsoft Knowledgebase article on built-in URL rewriting
- Scott Guthrie of Microsoft describes various techniques for URL rewriting in .NET
Rewrite engines
Apache Software Foundation's Apache HTTP server
- mod_rewrite Apache module described as "the Swiss Army knife of URL manipulation".citation needed
- mod_alias Simpler Apache module allow for manipulation and control of URLs as requests arrive at the server..
Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS)
- URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 from Microsoft
- IIS Mod-Rewrite from Micronovae
- IISRewrite from Qwerksoft
- ISAPI_Rewrite from Helicon Tech
- URL Replacer from Motobit
- Ionic's ISAPI Rewrite Filter (IIRF) free and open source, written in C, requires no .NET, works with ASP.NET PHP Ruby JSP CFML etc; IIS5/6/7.
- .NET URL Rewriter and Reverse Proxy Free professional URL rewriting and reverse proxy package. Supports .NET 2.0, 3.5, IIS 6, IIS 7.
- VirtualUrl.NET Professional URL rewriting package.
- UrlRewriter.NET Free, open-source package. Supports .NET 1.1 and 2.0.
- URLRewriting.NET, free and open source supports, ASP.NET 2.0
- VirtualUrl.NET for ASP.NET 2 Professional URL rewriting package.
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Servlet container servers (such as Apache Tomcat, Resin, Orion etc):
- HttpRedirectFilter (open source)
- UrlRewriteFilter (open source - BSD) - allows you to rewrite URLs before they get to your Sea
