Apache Rewrite rules for handling URLs containing "#"

Question

Hi All,
 
I know this is a question more suited for other forums but just wanted to get an opinion if anyone has a handy rewrite rule for the below use case - 
I want to redirect a URL for the format "https://abc.com/x/y#z" to "https://abc.com/"
 
The typical rewrite rule which we use is as below -

RewriteRule ^/x/y  / [R=301,L,NE]

This however yields the URL - https://abc.com/#z
Changing the rule to below (including # in Rewrite rule) leads to the rule not being met at all -

RewriteRule ^/x/y#z  / [R=301,L,NE]

Does anyone have a handy regex rule for handling the above use case?
@imran__khan, @arunpatidar, @sureshdhulipudi, @raja_reddy ,@aanchal-sikka, @estebanbustamante 
 
Thanks in advance,
Rohan Garg

arunpatidar · Accepted Answer

Hey @arunpatidar, sorry for using redirect and rewrite interchangeably!
I understand that the /#randomString to / has to happen at browser and not webserver.

But the problem is the page in question has lot of valid sections as well - so we don't want to simply strip off #randomString - The only way I see is we fetch all sections in the page and then check if the rewrite hash is valid or not.
Let me know if this approach and understanding is incorrect!

yes, you need to create a config in AEM and expose as json and based on entry, perform client side redirect.

arunpatidar · Answer

"the anchor tag is never sent as part of the HTTP request by any browser. It is only interpreted locally within the browser".The new rule would be:RewriteRule ^/x/y$  / [R=301,L,NE]

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