Howto combine RESTful API and Friendly URLS?

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Ralph Zelf Reply #1, 9 years, 1 month ago

Hi,
I'm trying to set up a restful api alongside my Modx site following this tutorial (http://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/developing-in-modx/advanced-development/developing-rest-servers)
It states i need to put

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ rest/index.php?_rest=$1 [QSA,NC,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ rest/index.php [QSA,NC,L]

in my .htaccess. But after doing so not only mysite.com/rest gives me the promised error but also the root of the website mysite.com/

What do i need to do, to get the REST part in the .htaccess AND have the friendly URL part in the .htaccess to work

thnx
RDG

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vigilante Reply #2, 9 years, 1 month ago

It looks like this .htaccess file is meant to be IN the /rest folder itself, not as part of your main root .htaccess file. In other words, you need to have:

/.htaccess
/rest/.htaccess

The root level one isn't changed from MODX default. The new one is placed in the /rest folder.

This way, for any given URL that happens to start in the /rest folder, the server will override the root .htaccess in favor of the one inside /rest.

Hope that does it!

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Ralph Zelf Reply #3, 9 years, 1 month ago

Hi Vigilante,

Thanks that was the solution. It works now.
RDG

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