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Convert URLs to lowercase and DOCX to HTML using Apache rewrite rules

Last update: Thu Nov 07 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Learn how to convert URLs to lowercase and DOCX  extensions to HTML  using the Apache rewrite rules in the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Dispatcher.

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Environment

  • Adobe Experience Manager
  • AEM Dispatcher

Issue/Symptoms

How to use mod_rewrite using the Apache rewrite rules in AEM Dispatcher to convert URLs to lowercase and change the DOCX extension to HTML.

Resolution resolution

To resolve this error, follow these steps:

  1. Convert the URL to lowercase

    RewriteMap tolower int:tolower

    RewriteRule ([ /] +)/?$ somedir/${tolower:$1} [ PT]

  2. If it ends in .docx, change to .html.

    RewriteRule (.*?)\.docx(\?.*)$ $1.html$2 [ PT]

  3. Combined rewrite

    RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower

    RewriteRule (.*)\.[ Dd] [ Oo] [ cC] [ xX] (\?.*)?$ ${lowercase:$1}.html$2 [ NC,R=301]

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