Rewrite a javascript file url with .htaccess file

Question

I want to rewrite following url,

http://example.com/widgets/search.js?id=qerwtwttw45777

as follows,

http://example.com/widgets/search/qerwtwttw45777

and tried following rule in htaccess,

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /


RewriteRule search/(.*)/$ /widgets/search.js?id=$1

but it fails and showing

**500 Internal Server Error**

Anybody help to solve this problem. Thanks

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-29 06:52:22Z

1

Place this code in /widgets/.htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /widgets/

RewriteRule ^search/([^/]+)/?$ search.js?id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

answered Jan 29, 2014 at 6:52

anubhava

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Olaf Dietsche · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-29 06:55:24Z

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Apart from the surplus slash / at the end of the pattern, the rule looks fine. So, it must be some other problem.

Maybe, mod_rewrite isn't active for your website. You could either look into the server's error log, if available or try just

RewriteEngine on

without anything else.

If it still has the 500 Internal server error, rewrite is most likely not available.

answered Jan 29, 2014 at 6:55

Olaf Dietsche

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