Query Rewrite Help

[Ben]

Thanks !

On 13/07/2015 12:04, B.R. wrote:
> Your PCRE is not right. You might interpret it in more 'natural'
> language as:
> <start>/api/app/<anything but '/'>/<anything but '/'>/<anything but '/'
> or nothing><end>
> The URI /api/app/login does not match it.
>
> You have several ways of addressing that:
> - Rewrite you huge, do-it-all PCRE, adding optional, non-capturing groups
> - Split the rewriting rule in several versions, each addressing one
> depth level (eases readibility/maintenance/performance?)
>
> I would also suggest you avoid using rewrite and replace it with
> location/return as much as you could:
> https://youtu.be/YWRYbLKsS0I
> ---
> *B. R.*
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Ben <ben+nginx at list-subs.com
> <mailto:ben+nginx at list-subs.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Am suffering with a bit of writer's block when it comes to query
>     rewrites.
>
>     I've got a rewrite rule that looks like :
>
>     rewrite ^/api/app/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)?$
>     /api/app/$1.php?p=$2&q=$3? last;
>
>     I am having two problems :
>
>     - I am getting 404 when I try to make a POST call to
>     /api/app/login,  I have to use the full suffix, i.e.
>     api/app/login.php instead.
>
>     - I want to make the last ([^/]+) optional, but seem to also be
>     getting the same 404 if I forget to include it ?
>
>     Ideas most welcome, thanks !
>
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