Replace query string with file extension using htaccess

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I have this link https://career.guru99.com/top-50-oops-interview-questions/?format=pdf

I want to redirect it to https://career.guru99.com/pdf/top-50-oops-interview-questions.pdf

I created the following htaccess rule

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} format=pdf [NC]
RewriteRule ^top-50-oops-interview-questions /pdf/top-50-oops-interview-questions.pdf? [R=301,L]

But the challenge is I have 200+ links and I will have to manually add so many entries in the htacess which also slow down the site. Is there some regular expression that can help with this?

I want /?format=pdf to be replaced with .pdf

RavinderSingh13 · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-12 12:28:02Z

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Could you please try following, written and tested with shown samples. I am going through variable THE_REQUEST and getting appropriate format value from it then while rewriting placing its value.

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s(.*?)/\?format=([^\s]*)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/%2%1.%2 [NE,QSD,L]

edited Dec 12, 2020 at 12:28

answered Dec 12, 2020 at 12:14

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-12 15:19:26Z

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I want /?format=pdf to be replaced with .pdf:

You may try this rule:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^format=(pdf)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ /%1/$1.%1? [R=301,END,NE]

edited Dec 12, 2020 at 15:19

answered Dec 12, 2020 at 12:10

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Croises Over a year ago

RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ /%1/$1.%1? [R=301,END,NE] because he ask for file type in the end.

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