Url Rewriting in Global.asax

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Hi friends,
I want to rewrite my URL,so i have written the following code.

protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
   		HttpContext context = HttpContext.Current;
                string path = context.Request.Path.ToLower();
                if(path.Equals("/AndhraPradesh.aspx"))
                {
                    context.RewritePath("~/AP");
                }
        }

But still i am getting url as "http://localhost:22313/AndhraPradesh.aspx"

Please Help me and suggest me about url rewriting in global.asax

Thanking you

Posted 22-Oct-11 0:01am

srinivas vadepally

Updated 2-Nov-17 21:26pm

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qwench · Answer 1 · 2015-10-06T00:36:00

Solution 2

C#

string path = context.Request.Path.ToLower();
                if(path.Equals("/AndhraPradesh.aspx"))

path is in lowercase and you compare to a string with uppercases.

Posted 6-Oct-15 0:36am

qwench

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jaket-cp 6-Oct-15 6:46am

You are answering a 4 year old question.
That is nice and all, but you may get down voted, even though you have given a good solution.
It maybe a good idea to delete you answer.

I.explore.code · Answer 2 · 2011-10-22T00:25:00

Solution 1

See if these links help:

URL Rewriting with ASP.NET[^]

URL rewriting ASP.NET[^]

Also, the short URL doesn't contain any extensions so the IIS wouldn't be able to process it anyway and would throw a 404, to manage extensionless URLs you would need a third party ISAPI filter installed on the server side. However, if you are using IIS7 then an inbuilt tool called URLRewrite may be able to take care of that (not sure though). Plus, i would recommend using RegEx for path pattern matching which is how most URL rewriting engines work.

Alternatively you can try using path.contains , instead of path.Equals as this link suggests:

RewritePath[^]

Hope this helps...Cheers.

Posted 22-Oct-11 0:25am

I.explore.code

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srinivas vadepally 22-Oct-11 6:48am

Hi gladiatron,
i am getting HTTP 404. I also tried with path.contains,getting same issue.
Is there any wrong with the code?

I.explore.code 22-Oct-11 8:44am

You are missing the key point here, rewritten URLs can only work if the new urls do actually exist on the server. I think you caught the opposite end of the stick with URL rewriting, the purpose of the URL rewriting is to make URLs memorable and hackable so that you can type in something like http://www.somsite.com/products/xbox/250GB but actually land on /products?prodname=xbox&cap=250gb. The former URL actually doesn't exist on the server but the latter one does and this is how URL rewriting works. I would also recommend using HTTPhandlers to the URL rewriting unless you only have to do it at the beginning of the application. So, if "AndhraPradesh.aspx" is a physical page on your server you cannot return "AP" to the user rather it works the other way round, when the user tries to access "AP" they would internally be forwarded to the physical file/page. hope this clears things up...

srinivas vadepally 24-Oct-11 0:36am

Thank you so much gladiatron,a small mistake made me mad for two days.
anyways thanks.
have a great time.

I.explore.code 24-Oct-11 1:10am

You are welcome! If my solution solved or helped solve your problem, can you please click on "Accept Solution" to accept it and rate it?? so people know that this has been solved. Many thanks.

Mujeebahmad · Answer 3 · 2017-11-02T21:26:00

Solution 3

Try this.

protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
   		HttpContext context = HttpContext.Current;
                string path = context.Request.Path.ToLower();
                if(path.Equals("/andhrapradesh.aspx"))
                {
                    context.RewritePath("~/AP");
                }
        }

Posted 2-Nov-17 21:26pm

Mujeebahmad

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CHill60 3-Nov-17 15:07pm

You have added nothing new to this 6 year old thread! Stick to answering new questions where the OP still needs help