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Sady_Rifat
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Sady_RifatCommunity Advisor
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January 17, 2025
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URL selector preventing 301 redirect

  • January 17, 2025
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Hello,
I have set the Redirect path from page properties,

So, once I hit the page: http://localhost:4503/content/we-retail/us/en/about-us.html 
it properly redirects me to the https://www.google.com/ 

But the issue is when I added a selector with URL, http://localhost:4503/content/we-retail/us/en/about-us.test.html
it instead of a 301 redirect, it shows me the actual About Us page. 

 

How to make it work, when I have any selector with the URL.

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Best answer by Sady_Rifat

The dispatcher-related solutions won't work for me because my use case is dealing with lot of pages and not a static pattern.
Now, for redirect, I wrote Cloudflare worker and it will be synced periodically with AEM.

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MukeshYadav_
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MukeshYadav_Community Advisor
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January 17, 2025

Hi @sady_rifat ,

Not sure about your use case but if list is limited and redirection are fixed we can redirect from dispatcher itself. Also it will help to off load the publish instance.

 

RewriteRule ^/contactus https://corp.exampleco.com/contactus.html [NC,R=301]

 

I have seen hard coded redirect for legacy Urls from dispatcher to maintain seo.

Thanks

    Sady_Rifat
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    Sady_RifatCommunity AdvisorAuthor
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    January 20, 2025

    No, the redirection is not fixed, also in the real case, all my requests have a selector that contains the Country code from the cookie with the URL.

    Shiv_Prakash_Patel
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    Shiv_Prakash_PatelCommunity Advisor
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    January 17, 2025

    Hi @sady_rifat 

    Vanity URLs or Redirect URLs in page properties are best suited for simple, static redirections and should not be relied on for complex scenarios involving selectors.

    Solution:

    Dispatcher Rewrite Rules: Update Apache rules to include selectors. Example:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/content/page\.selector\.html$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /new-path [R=301,L]

    Sling Mappings: Add mappings in /etc/map to handle selectors in AEM.

    ACS Commons Redirect Manager: Use this tool to manage redirects involving selectors via a UI.

    Regards,

    Shiv Prakash
      Sady_Rifat
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      Sady_RifatCommunity AdvisorAuthor
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      January 20, 2025

      In reality, all my requests have a selector containing the country code from the cookie with the URL.
      So, in my understanding the default Redirection will be helpful for my case.

      SreenivasBr
      SreenivasBr
      Level 4
      January 17, 2025

      By default all selectors are denied in dispatcher filter, unless specified.

      If you do not want this selector called "test", deny it in filter. If you do not want selectors for this page, deny selector for this page.

        AmitVishwakarma
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        AmitVishwakarmaCommunity Advisor
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        January 19, 2025

        To fix the redirect issue with selectors:

        1. Check Page Properties: Ensure the redirect path includes URLs with selectors.
        2. Use Sling Rewrite: Configure a rewrite rule to handle redirects with selectors.
        3. Custom Servlet: Implement a custom Sling servlet to handle redirects programmatically for selector-based URLs.
        4. Dispatcher Rules: Verify dispatcher rules allow selector-based redirects.

        These steps will ensure proper 301 redirects even with selectors in the URL.

          Sady_Rifat
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          Sady_RifatCommunity AdvisorAuthorAccepted solution
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          January 27, 2025

          The dispatcher-related solutions won't work for me because my use case is dealing with lot of pages and not a static pattern.
          Now, for redirect, I wrote Cloudflare worker and it will be synced periodically with AEM.

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