IIS URL Rewrite RegExp to not match a directory - regex

Have a IIS7 URL rewrite rule which uses friendly url so for example regEx is ([A-Za-z]+)/([A-Za-z]+)
www.mysite.com/genetics/overview
gets rewritten to
www.mysite.com/genetics/default.aspx?a=overview
Now I need to change the RegEx so it excludes the Content folder and any subdirectory in this folder. Been trying a few examples with no luck so far it either gives me back a 404 or no improvement to the current page (which loses all it's images and styles). Anyone have or know a RegEx that will select any folder other than a certain Named folder like Content?

Never mind found that in IIS for a directory you can ignore the rule. Applied that now all is working good.
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true"/>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true"/>
<add input="{URL}" pattern="WebResource.axd" negate="true"/>
</conditions>

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Proper way to fix this rewrite rule?

We have an application that is run in a virtual folder in IIS. We don't want the virtual folder name to be part our links though (primarily to preserve original link names for SEO reasons).
So here is one example of a rewrite rule we're using:
<rule name="Rewrite Account controller to UI">
<match url="/Account(.*)"/>
<action type="Rewrite" url="ui/Account{R:1}"/>
<conditions>
<add input="{URL}" pattern="\.axd$" negate="true" ignoreCase="true"/>
</conditions>
</rule>
The problem with this rule is that it would also match "~/someothercontroller/258642/Accounting-Essentials" and turn it into "/ui/Accounting-Essentials". And I don't want to include the host because the host is different in each environment.
What would this need to look like to match only if the expression is the first thing after the host?
Edit:
Sorry, I guess my post wasn't as clear as I thought it was. An example would be http://x/Account. This should rewrite to http://x/ui/Account. The x could be any host name with any number of periods but it's only the host name so it wouldn't contain any slashes.
You can see in the rule I have above that I want it to include anything that comes after Account however I realize that's not quite right either because it shouldn't match "http://x/Accounting", but it should match "http://x/Account/whatever".
So essentially, you want to make sure that Account comes right after the host, and also that Account is the full name of the directory. You can achieve this like so:
<rule name="Rewrite Account controller to UI">
<match url="^Account(/.*)?"/>
<action type="Rewrite" url="ui/Account{R:1}"/>
<conditions>
<add input="{URL}" pattern="\.axd$" negate="true" ignoreCase="true"/>
</conditions>
</rule>
The ^ ensures that this is the beginning of the string that you are evaluating.
The / after Account ensures that you only rewrite the url if "Account" is the full name of the directory.
It appears from the documentation that the inital / will not be included in the string you're evaluating (which is why I removed it), but you can test it both ways to be sure.
Also note that I added a / before {R:1}.
Edit: Another way
You could also add a rule that verifies that the whole URL matches a certain pattern. This might actually be an easier way:
<rule name="Rewrite Account controller to UI">
<match url="/Account(.*)"/>
<action type="Rewrite" url="ui/Account{R:1}"/>
<conditions>
<add input="{URL}" pattern="\.axd$" negate="true" ignoreCase="true"/>
<add input="{REQUEST_URI}" pattern="^/Account(/.*)?" ignoreCase="true"/>
</conditions>
</rule>
The Microsoft docs give this example of the server variable values:
For example, if a request was made for this URL:
http://www.example.com/content/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=3, and a rewrite rule was defined on the site level then:
The rule pattern gets the URL string content/default.aspx as an input.
The QUERY_STRING server variable contains tabid=2&subtabid=3.
The HTTP_HOST server variable contains www.example.com.
The SERVER_PORT server variable contains 80.
The SERVER_PORT_SECURE server variable contains 0 and HTTPS contains OFF.
The REQUEST_URI server variable contains /content/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=3.
The PATH_INFO server variable contains /content/default.aspx.

Rewrite Rule in IIS (web.config) - Negate All Subfolders

I need to rewrite a certain page on my website from an extension-based page (.asp) to a non-extension based page. However when I do this the rule also affect all sub-folders. The page is as follows:
www.mysite.com/my-page
It needs to re-write to:
www.mysite.com/my-page.asp
However I need to negate the following from re-writing:
www.mysite.com/my-page/sub-folder-1
www.mysite.com/my-page/sub-folder-1/sub-folder-2
etc.
The code I currently have is as follows:
<rule name="re-write-rule-test" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^my-page" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="/my-page.asp" />
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_URI}" pattern="^/([^/]+)?$" negate="true" />
</conditions>
</rule>
But it isn't working. The re-write on the actual page works fine but the the negation is failing and all sub-folder pages are also being re-written.
Can you please help?
Thanks,
Jason
Answered by Tensibai as per the below. Thanks!
I assume changing by would be enought (adding a termination to the match to avoid matching everything starting by 'my-page'. – Tensibai 58 mins ago

How to convert a apache url rewrite rule to IIS rule?

I have url rewrite rule on my .htaccess file like this.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(scripts|css)/(.+)\.(.+)\.(js|css)$ $1/$2.$4 [L]
I need to use the same rule on my IIS .
I have used ^(.*)\.[\d]{10}\.(css|js) for the pattern.
I am not sure what to mention Rewrite URL.
I want to rewrite the url /css/structure.1234.css as /css/structure.css
Anyone knows please help?
I read your other ColdFusion question (regarding using regex to add a numerical value to a filename.)
We use an underscore and a 14 digit datestamp. Here's the IIS Rewrite Rule that we use. You can modify it for your needs.
<rule name="CSSJSDatestamp" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*)(_[0-9]{14}\.)(css|js)$" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" trackAllCaptures="false">
<add input="{SCRIPT_NAME}" pattern="/_scripts/" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}.{R:3}" />
</rule>
BTW, I don't use this method anymore with my ColdFusion-drive websites since installing IISpeed (PageSpeed for IIS). It automatically minifies, concats and caches JS/CSS files when the files are changed (without the need for cach-busting). It can also optimize images based on device support (ie, reduce size, auto-conversion to WebP, etc). I also really like that it can move all CSS & JSS to the HEAD of the HTML file, prioritize CSS and lazy loads all images "below the fold" with having to add any ColdFusion code or use jQuery.
For more info on IISpeed/Pagespeed, check out:
http://www.iispeed.com/
http://www.iispeed.com/pagespeed/insights
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

Need IIS 7 Url Rewrite Version 1.1 Regex Help To Remove Folder From Url

I am using:
IIS 7
Url Rewrite Module Version 1.1
Asp.Net MVC 4
I am hosting my sites in a shared hosting environment.
No site is hosted in the root folder as all sites are in their own physical folder and I use the domain name of the site as the physical folder name.
I would like to change my urls from this
http://www.mysite1.com/mysite1
http://mysite1.com/mysite1
to this
http://www.mysite1.com/
http://mysite1.com/
I have this and it doesn't work.
**DOES NOT WORK**
<rule name="RemoveFolder" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="mysite1/(.*)" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="/{R:0}" appendQueryString="true" />
</rule>
Can someone give me a regular expression that would add www to any urls and remove the folder that is showing up in the url?
OK. What I typed below, doesn't work for me. I thought it did, but I realized it didn't.
#Cheesemacfly, I'm trying to remove the subfolder from the url,
Redirect the user back to the site with the url MINUS the subfolder,
Make sure that there is NOT a continuous loop.
Cheesemacfly, your answer didn't work, but it did put me on the path to the full correct answer.
Thank you chesse for putting me on the right path.
This rule removes the subfolder from the url and redirects the user back to the page without the subfolder. The condition makes sure that I don't have a continual redirect. Once the url has been rewritten, that conditional will stop the url from matching again.
I placed this rule in the ROOT web.config of my hosting account.
The root ONLY contains a web.config and all of the subfolders.
<rule name="Cleanup" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="theFolderINeedToRemove/(.*)" ignoreCase="true" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^mywebsite.com/theFolderINeedToRemove$" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />
</rule>

Is this the best place to use a 301 redirect to control which domain name is used?

I am using ColdFusion 9.0.1
I have a new site that is accessible through a few domains such as:
mydomain.com
www.mydomain.com
foo.mydomain.com
For SEO and tracking purposes, I want to make sure that only "mydomain.com" is indexed and accessed. So, every request that tries to access my site through other domains will be 301 directed to "mydomain.com".
I want to make sure that I capture and preserve the query string so that I don't just send people to the home page.
I will also make sure that I can access the site locally at 127.0.0.1
I wondering where in the code is the best place to do this SPECIFIC type of redirect. My guess it's in application.cfc near the top, in the onRequestStart() method.
Is this best place to put the code and does is this code complete? Is there a better way to code this?
<cfscript>
ThisHost = CGI.HTTP_HOST;
QString = CGI.QUERY_STRING;
GoToURL = "http://mydomain.com?" & QString;
if (ThisHost != "mydomain.com" && ThisHost != "127.0.0.1") {
writeOutput("<cfheader statuscode='301' statustext='Moved permanently'>");
writeOutput("<cfheader name='location' value='#GoToURL#'>");
abort;
}
</cfscript>
UPDATE
I know this isn't the best way to accomplish what I need, because this task is much better suited to the web server's skill set. Here's my code till I can implement this on the web server:
<cfscript
ThisHost = CGI.HTTP_HOST;
QString = CGI.QUERY_STRING;
GoToURL = "http://flyingpiston.com/?" & QString;
if (ThisHost != "flyingpiston.com" && ThisHost != "127.0.0.1:8500") {
location(GoToURL, false, 301);
}
<cfscript
I agree with other comments and answers that doing this at the web server is a better solution. I would also point out that if you want to use the script syntax, this is entirely wrong and will simply return a string to the browser:
writeOutput("<cfheader name='location' value='#GoToURL#'>");
In ColdFusion 9, you would instead use the location() function:
location("url", addtoken, statusCode);
In your case:
location(GoToURL, false, 301);
Your GoToURL variable is also missing the page name, so you'd need to add CGI.SCRIPT_NAME into the mix just before the ? to get the full URL being called.
With the tag syntax (as of ColdFusion 8 I believe), there is no need to use the CFHEADER tag for a 301 redirect. The CFLOCATION tag now supports a statuscode attribute which can be set to 301 as needed.
If you are on IIS 7.0 the you may be able configure your web.config file for a canonical redirect like so:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Redirect to WWW" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^domain.com$" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="http://www.domain.com/{R:0}"
redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Check out this link for additional options.
The previous answer shows how to redirect domain.com to www.domain.com. If you want to redirect www.domain.com to 'domain.com', you will need a web.config file that looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<location path="" overrideMode="Inherit">
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="remove www" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="*" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="www.*" />
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="foo.*" />
</conditions>
<serverVariables />
<action type="Redirect" url="http://{C:1}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</location>
</configuration>
The above web.config file was created on IIS 7.5 (Windows Server 2008 R2).
Your host will need to install the URL Rewrite Module as mentioned above in order for this to work.
The web.config file is stored in the root folder of your site.
The above example will redirect 'www' and 'foo' sub-domains to the domain.
This 10 URL Rewriting Tips and Tricks article has been a good reference for me.