Can the URL be edited on the way out?

[langbeen]

We're running a webserver with loads of virtual hosts that communicate with our application server, BroadVision via a plugin and location directive, e.g.:

<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /home/htdocs
ServerName

http://www.myhost.com

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/abc/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/ /abc/init.jsp [R]
BroadVision myapp
<Location /abc>
SetHandler bvsm-handler
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

There is a rewrite rule applied to inbound requests to help them find the right place on the server, and all server-side processing is handled by BroadVision, with jsps passed back to Apache for delivery to the client.

Given this environment, here's the question:

Is it possible to apply rewrites to OUTBOUND deliveries from Apache? All the mod_rewrite etc. stuff seems to do is apply changes to inbound traffic. Is it (and if so how) possible to achieve step 4 of the following (basic goal is to get rid of the internal &quot;def&quot; directory)?

1. Request from client comes in as

http://www.myhost.com/abc/page1.jsp

[FINE]

2. Rewrite rule helps this find application server by adding a directory &quot;def&quot;:

http://www.myhost.com/abc/def/page1.jsp

[FINE]

3. Application server does its thing and passes a rendered page1.jsp back
[FINE]

4. Apache rewrites the *OUTGOING* URL so that in the client's browser the cleaner URL is shown:

http://www.myhost.com/abc/page1.jsp

Hope this makes some sense and thanks in advance for any ideas.

Andy

 

[siberian]

You would be best off then using your inbound rewrite rules as [R] ( redirect ) rather the [PROXY].

That way you redirect your client on the request.

The only way to modify the outbound URL is via an external redirect. You either do it up-front as outlined above or you cache the result and redirect the browser to it.