Using external config file for UrlRewriter.NET

Question

I'm using the UrlRewriter.NET library to implement url rewriting for my asp.net website. The rewriting rules are currently being read from the web.config file like this

<rewriter>
  <rewrite url="/test-web-page" to="~/realwebpage.aspx"/>
</rewriter>

How do I make the library read my rewriting rules from another file rather than the web.config?

Why do you want to read the rewriting rules from a different file? — SurinderBhomra, Aug 06 '12 at 10:49
Hi sbhomra, because I'm afraid if I add too many rules inside, problems may appear so I put them in a separate file, easier to maintain. — Quannt, Aug 07 '12 at 01:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '12 at 18:54

Yes you can - it is mentioned here on this page http://urlrewriter.net/ interesting looking at their examples the do not specify exactly hw to do it. But I did some digging on their support forum and found this example:

<rewriter configSource="YOURREWRITEFILE"> 
    </rewriter>

Full dialogue can be read here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/UrlRewriter/external$20config/urlrewriter/TgKVlJ9bO_s/CgtEEpcMIrkJ

Using external config file for UrlRewriter.NET

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