Rewrite rule to simplify codeigniter url for REST api

Question

I am writing a REST api in codeigniter using https://github.com/chriskacerguis/codeigniter-restserver REST controller library. I have written my controller inside application/controllers/api/v1 and override the Router class to allow multiple sub-folders inside controllers.

Now I want to access the services as http://api.domain.com/v1/user/11 instead of http://api.domain.com/api/v1/user/11

I have tried following htaccess rule

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^api\.domain\.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index.php/
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ /index.php/api/$1 [QSA,L]

But it seems to be not working because REQUEST_URI in the $_SERVER global variable is set to v1/user/11 instead of api/v1/user/11 so codeigniter is unable to find the controller.

Is there a way to achieve the requirement except setting the altering REQUEST_URI in index.php?

I do NOT want to do permanent redirect.

Any help is much appreciated.

satej kumar sahu · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12 10:45:53Z

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A route rule as below should help:

$route['v1/(:any)/(:any)'] = 'api/v1/$1/$2';

If v1 is supposed to change like v1, v2 in future, then something similar to below will help:

$route['v(:num)/(:any)/(:any)'] = 'api/v$1/$2/$3';

answered Aug 12, 2014 at 10:45

satej kumar sahu

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