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Convert URLs to lowercase and DOCX to HTML using Apache rewrite rules

Learn how to convert URLs to lowercase and DOCX  extensions to HTML  using the Apache rewrite rules in the ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Experience Manager (AEM) Dispatcher.

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Environment

  • ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Experience Manager
  • AEM Dispatcher

Issue/Symptoms

How to use mod_rewrite using the Apache rewrite rules in AEM Dispatcher to convert URLs to lowercase and change the DOCX extension to HTML.

Resolution resolution

To resolve this error, follow these steps:

  1. Convert the URL to lowercase

    RewriteMap tolower int:tolower

    RewriteRule ([ /] +)/?$ somedir/${tolower:$1} [ PT]

  2. If it ends in .docx, change to .html.

    RewriteRule (.*?)\.docx(\?.*)$ $1.html$2 [ PT]

  3. Combined rewrite

    RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower

    RewriteRule (.*)\.[ Dd] [ Oo] [ cC] [ xX] (\?.*)?$ ${lowercase:$1}.html$2 [ NC,R=301]

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