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Url Shortening without Dispatcher configuration in AEM 6.5

  • January 28, 2025
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Hi Everyone,

Currently, in my project, we handle URL shortening using dispatcher rules like below.

Example: www.domain.com/us/en/testpage.html -> internal redirect to /content/project/us/en/home/testpage

Now, we have a new requirement: we need to achieve this without using a dispatcher rules.

Example:

If I access www.domain.com/us/en/testpage.html or www.domain.com/testpage.html, it should resolve to the path /content/project/us/en/home/testpage

 

 

Experts, kindly suggest your solutions. Thanks in advance!

Best answer by PRATHYUSHA_VP

Hi @jooca 

 

There is no centralized management Ui in AEM to manage vanity redirects in AEM.

 

You can check below article for vanity URL management redirects in AEM and dispatcher URL configurations

 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-learn/ams/dispatcher/disp-vanity-url

 

https://blog.3sharecorp.com/enabling-vanity-urls-with-adobe-experience-manager

 

Hope this helps !

 

Thanks 

4 replies

PRATHYUSHA_VP
Community Advisor
PRATHYUSHA_VPCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
January 28, 2025

Hi @jooca

 

You can use sling mappings for the URL shortening in AEM with resource resolver. 

 

Below is the recent blog shared by @daniel-strmecki for the same. Check it out

 

https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager-blogs/aem-url-shortening-sling-mappings-vs-dispatcher-rewrites/ba-p/731572

 

Hope this helps

    J
    joocaAuthor
    Level 2
    January 30, 2025

    Can  you explain how vanity path URLs working for pages? I need to see the technical details, like GitHub code examples. I want to apply the same concept to DAM assets as well.

      PRATHYUSHA_VP
      Community Advisor
      PRATHYUSHA_VPCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
      Community Advisor
      January 31, 2025

      Hi @jooca 

       

      There is no centralized management Ui in AEM to manage vanity redirects in AEM.

       

      You can check below article for vanity URL management redirects in AEM and dispatcher URL configurations

       

      https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-learn/ams/dispatcher/disp-vanity-url

       

      https://blog.3sharecorp.com/enabling-vanity-urls-with-adobe-experience-manager

       

      Hope this helps !

       

      Thanks 

        J
        joocaAuthor
        Level 2
        January 30, 2025

        Can someone explain how vanity path URLs working for pages? I need to see the technical details, like GitHub code examples. I want to apply the same concept to DAM assets as well.

          AmitVishwakarma
          Community Advisor
          AmitVishwakarmaCommunity Advisor
          Community Advisor
          February 2, 2025

          To implement URL shortening without dispatcher rules in AEM, you can use Sling Mappings. This allows you to map custom URLs to resources. For DAM assets, you can use vanity URLs.

           

          For detailed steps on vanity URL management and using Sling Mappings, you can refer to these resources:

          Vanity URL Configuration in AEM- https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-learn/ams/dispatcher/disp-vanity-url

          Enabling Vanity URLs in AEM - https://blog.3sharecorp.com/enabling-vanity-urls-with-adobe-experience-manager

           

          These guides will help you apply the same concept to DAM assets.

            daniel-strmecki
            Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
            daniel-strmeckiCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
            Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
            February 2, 2025

            @jooca just be careful with using Sling mappings in case you need to support the same Vanity URLs on multiple domains. Reasons why are explained in the article: https://meticulous.digital/blog/f/aem-url-shortening-sling-mappings-vs-dispatcher-rewrites

            Also, you said you have a requirement "We need to achieve this without using Dispatcher rules". How and why is that a requirement? Business requirements are usually "I want to have short URLs" or "I want to have SEO-optimized URLs" and then it's up to the development team to find the best implementation.

             

            Good luck,

            Daniel

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