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ASP.NET Core URL Rewriting Sample (ASP.NET Core 2.x)

This sample illustrates usage of ASP.NET Core 2.x URL Rewriting Middleware. The application demonstrates URL redirect and URL rewriting options. For the ASP.NET Core 1.x sample, see ASP.NET Core URL Rewriting Sample (ASP.NET Core 1.x).

When running the sample, a response will be served that shows the rewritten or redirected URL when one of the rules is applied to a request URL.

Examples in this sample

• AddRedirect("redirect-rule/(.*)", "$1")
  • Success status code: 302 (Found)
  • Example (redirect): /redirect-rule/{capture_group} to /redirected/{capture_group}
• AddRewrite(@"^rewrite-rule/(\d+)/(\d+)", "rewritten?var1=$1&var2=$2", skipRemainingRules: true)
  • Success status code: 200 (OK)
  • Example (rewrite): /rewrite-rule/{capture_group_1}/{capture_group_2} to /rewritten?var1={capture_group_1}&var2={capture_group_2}
• AddApacheModRewrite(env.ContentRootFileProvider, "ApacheModRewrite.txt")
  • Success status code: 302 (Found)
  • Example (redirect): /apache-mod-rules-redirect/{capture_group} to /redirected?id={capture_group}
• AddIISUrlRewrite(env.ContentRootFileProvider, "IISUrlRewrite.xml")
  • Success status code: 200 (OK)
  • Example (rewrite): /iis-rules-rewrite/{capture_group} to /rewritten?id={capture_group}
• Add(RedirectXMLRequests)
  • Success status code: 301 (Moved Permanently)
  • Example (redirect): /file.xml to /xmlfiles/file.xml
• Add(new RedirectPNGRequests(".png", "/png-images")))
Add(new RedirectPNGRequests(".jpg", "/jpg-images")))
  • Success status code: 301 (Moved Permanently)
  • Example (redirect): /image.png to /png-images/image.png
  • Example (redirect): /image.jpg to /jpg-images/image.jpg

Using a PhysicalFileProvider

You can also obtain an IFileProvider by creating a PhysicalFileProvider to pass into the AddApacheModRewrite() and AddIISUrlRewrite() methods:

using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
PhysicalFileProvider fileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());

Secure redirection extensions

This sample includes WebHostBuilder configuration for the app to use URLs (https://localhost:5001, https://localhost) and a test certificate (testCert.pfx) to assist you in exploring these redirect methods. Add any of them to the RewriteOptions() in Startup.cs to study their behavior.

Method	Status Code	Port
.AddRedirectToHttpsPermanent()	301	null (465)
.AddRedirectToHttps()	302	null (465)
.AddRedirectToHttps(301)	301	null (465)
.AddRedirectToHttps(301, 5001)	301	5001