410 status code issue with redirects

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Hey there,

I’m trying to show up the 410 status code of the pages which have criteria of /*.pdf to 410. It’s saying to google that the page is gone and it’s not coming back.

I added this code in the _redirects page

#Redirects .pdf extension with the 410 status code
/*.pdf / 410

But when I tried to test with my crawling software, it shows 404 pages. So basically 404 error.

Here is the screenshot of it.

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If you want to test the URL, here is some.

https://sureshkumarg.com/effective-sustainability-communication-music-festivals-mega-events.pdf
https://sureshkumarg.com/education-philosophy-blanshard-brand-swarthmore-swathmore.pdf

Any help in this is highly appreciated :slight_smile: Thanks.

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Also, I created the _headers file and added the same information too and tested it. Same issue.

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@sureshkumarg I am not sure the wild card you specified is working.

Try setting up the redirect with the full static path prior to the one you have there:

/effective-sustainability-communication-music-festivals-mega-events.pdf / 410

/*.pdf / 410

I believe there is not a match on the redirect you have so it falls through and ends up returning the 404 (missing) redirect. When I added the full path above (match) I get the 410 as expected.

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Talves, it worked for me. Thanks.

I’m trying to add a regex code to make it works. Everything having .pdf links get 410 status.

What is the best way to solve this with regex code?

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Our redirects parsing does not currently support wildcards like *.pdf or regex. It only supports placeholders and path wildcards (at the end of paths). There is a feature request for it and I’ve added a reference to this thread so that if it gets implemented, we can let you know.

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Thank you, Dennis. Hope this feature get shipped soon.