How to rewrite to a different domain using rack-rewrite?

Question

I want to make a rewrite to another domain so that http://domain1.com/abc would point to http://domain2.com/xyz. This is my code:

require 'rack/rewrite'
config.middleware.insert_before(Rack::Lock, Rack::Rewrite) do
  rewrite '/abc', 'http://domain2.com/xyz'
end

But after I open http://domain1.com/abc, Im being pointed to http://domain1.com/http:/domain2.com/xyz . How could I rewrite it so that it would point to the right place?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '13 at 14:38

You need to use a redirect for this, not a rewrite. Rewrites just change the URL that your app sees whilst redirects do an actual HTTP 301.

require 'rack/rewrite'
config.middleware.insert_before(Rack::Lock, Rack::Rewrite) do
  r301 '/abc', 'http://domain2.com/xyz'
end

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