.htaccess reroute to sub-directory

Question

I have site I am running on localhost http://example and I have directory in the root that contains my api so it's http://example/api

In the api folder I have my root directory for the api which is public directory. so /api/public/....

I want to have a .htaccess that redirects the user to the public directory when they hit http://example/api/{api parameters}. So I can have a clean url without having to write this http://example/api/public/{api parameters}

I tried this but to no avail

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/api
RewriteRule ^api/(.*) /api/public/$1 [L]

I got the above from a SO post but still could not get it to work.

Just remove the ``RewriteCond`` line and you should be fine. — arkascha, Jan 17 '17 at 21:17
Though the question is what you actually refer to by "api parameters" and how to handle those... — arkascha, Jan 17 '17 at 21:18
@arkascha sorry, I get Object not Found! Request url not found on this server — bos570, Jan 17 '17 at 21:20
What is the URL you try? And _what_ object is not found? Please provide the answers from what you can see in your http servers error log file. — arkascha, Jan 17 '17 at 21:21
@arkascha when I use `http://example/api/public/myparameter` I get the out I want from my endpoint. How can I bypass the public directory for a clean url. That's the question — bos570, Jan 17 '17 at 21:21
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/133390/discussion-between-arkascha-and-bos570). — arkascha, Jan 17 '17 at 21:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Try using:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /api/public/

Quoting a stack overflow answer, "By having the RewriteBase there, you make the relative path come off the RewriteBase parameter."

With this method I believe you will have to rewrite all paths that don't fall under the base directory. If this is a problem, you could create a rule for each page.

Update: You might be able to write a rule that checked for files at that path before/after it checks for the relative path.

.htaccess reroute to sub-directory

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