Redirects with :splat broken

[jpfeuffer]

OpenMS

We are trying to redirect to our docs with a wildcard but it is not working correctly.
Let’s look at the following redirect rule for example:

/documentation/* https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/Documentation/release/latest/html/:splat 200

https://openms.netlify.app/documentation/index.html - works
https://openms.netlify.app/documentation/ - works
https://openms.netlify.app/documentation - fails

According to your docs, https://openms.netlify.app/documentation should just normalize to https://openms.netlify.app/documentation/. Why does it behave different? This does not make sense.

[Melvin]

Hi @jpfeuffer,

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to Netlify’s Support Forums!

Have you seen our Support Guide for troubleshooting redirects:

[Support Guide] Making redirects work for you - troubleshooting and debugging

Last Reviewed By Netlify Support Staff December 2022 Introduction You’ve put blood, sweat and tears into building an incredible static site with all the bells and whistles. However, you’ve configured some redirect rules and you’ve come unstuck… they don’t appear to be working! Ensure you’ve followed the correct guidance Our redirects and rewrites document covers a broad range of use cases, from status codes to proxying another service and everything in between. Ensure you’re using the corr…

There’s a specific section on splats here.

You mention that you have this redirect:

/documentation/* https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/Documentation/release/latest/html/:splat 200

If you add the following redirect (above the redirect mentioned just above) does the issue get resolved:

/documentation/ https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/Documentation/release/latest/html/:splat 200

Let us know if you have any questions.

[jpfeuffer]

I tried but I did not expect a fixed redirect to a “:splat” URL to work. I assume it was a copy-paste error on your side.

Even without “:splat” it does not work.
See the preview on Try suggestion from netlify: Update _redirects by jpfeuffer · Pull Request #80 · OpenMS/OpenMS-website · GitHub

[katrina-r]

Hey,

It looks like at least for one example, the page does exist. The redirect won’t work as long as it exists, it will return a 200. Can you please try removing the existing pages underneath /documentation/* to see if that helps?

Ex: https://openms.netlify.app/documentation/install_win.html exists so it will not redirect to https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/Documentation/release/latest/html/install_win.html

[jpfeuffer]

Hi @katrina-r

I am not sure I understand. https://openms.netlify.app/documentation/install_win.html is already a redirect, which we want to keep. This works as expected.

In the initial post I explained that the general redirect works. Only if you type $domain/documentation without a trailing slash, it does not work correctly.

Using a specific redirect rule without a slash (before the wildcard rule) does not help.

[jasiqli]

Have you see this thread @jpfeuffer

Bug in non-trailing slash rewrite

I have successfully implemented the instructions in this guide about deploying multiple repos to a single, custom domain-enabled, site. However, I am experiencing a bug that contradicts the docs on a trailing slash in redirect rules. normal condition: When a url is entered into a browser that contains the trailing slash, the rewrite is successful and the sub directory is rendered as expected. [with trailing slash] irregular condition: When a url is entered into a browser that does not conta…

[jpfeuffer]

Thanks. That’s exactly the problem.
Sad that it is still not possible after 4 years.
You can close this.