Regular expression to match string from url

Question

I want to match shop name from a url .Please see the example below. Its for url redirection in a word press application.

See the examples given below

http://example.com/outlets/19-awok?page=2
http://example.com/outlets/19-awok
http://example.com/outlets/159-awok?page=3

In all cases i need to get only awok from the url .It will be the text coming after '-' and before query string .

I tried below and its not working

/outlets/(\d+)-(.*)? => /shop/$2

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks . But its giving 'shop/awok/?page=12' . Its not removing the querystring part :( — Null Pointer
– Null Pointer, Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 19:00
That is because of your plugin. Try this in target URI: /outlets/\d+-([^?]+)? (with a trailing ?) — anubhava
– anubhava, Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 19:03
thank you please post it as answer . i will make it as accepted answer — Null Pointer
– Null Pointer, Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 19:06

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-05 19:09:33Z

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You can use this regex:

/outlets/\d+-([^?]+)?

Trailing ? is used to strip previous query string.

answered Apr 5, 2017 at 19:09

anubhava

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