URL rewriting

[Sachin Garg]

Hi,

We are using URL re writer in service proxy and tried to redirect from input URL to output URL.

Our understanding is while redirection, URL on web browser will be input URL only.

but in case if we are trying to redirect to google.com then URL in browser changed to google.com which is not expected in case of Reverse proxy.

Let us know what could be the reason behind it.

Regards,
Sachin Garg

[Tobias Polley]

Hi Sachin,

by default, the request is rewritten only, if you only modify the path. You need to explicitly set the "do" attribute, as shown here:

<serviceProxy port="2000">

    <request >

        <rewriter>

            <map from="^/foo" to="/bar" do="redirect" />

        </rewriter>

    </request>

</serviceProxy>

The documentation is at http://membrane-soa.org/service-proxy-doc/4.1/configuration/reference/rewriter-map.htm .

In case of Google, I would guess they respond with a redirect themselves and Membrane passes the redirection response through to the browser, redirecting you to their other site.

Best, Tobias