How to remove .html extension from the url

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I want to remove the .html extension from the url.

eg file:///Users/DivyaGalla/Downloads/deyaPaywebsitee/public/index.html after removing I want is ./index only.

I am using cloud functions as server and firebase is the database. I hosted my website using firebase hosting.

When hosting the website it creates a folder that is public folder. It contains all the .html extension file.How to remove .html file extension from url. I wrongly used .htaccess for removing but it is not correct way.

So please any one can suggest me the correct way to remove the url

Possible duplicate of [How to remove .html from URL](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5730092/how-to-remove-html-from-url) — Amit Verma, Jul 24 '18 at 05:08
You questions is 100% duplicate of the existing question I have linked above. Did you check it ? — Amit Verma, Jul 24 '18 at 05:18
I don't want to use Apache server. .htaccess is under a Apache server isn't it? — vijju, Jul 24 '18 at 05:20
Sorry its unclear what you are asking for. If you don't want to use apache server for url manipulation then why did you tag this question as `mod-rewrite` ? — Amit Verma, Jul 24 '18 at 05:24
Firstly what I thought is .htaccess file is used for this so that's why I tagged that tag. — vijju, Jul 24 '18 at 05:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '18 at 04:12

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U can use like this.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html [NC,L]

and name as .htaccess in your root path

answered Jul 24 '18 at 04:12

ZZA

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OP specified that he is using Firebase Hosting, which does not allow .htaccess. See: https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/ – ttoshiro Jun 15 '20 at 02:58
okay @ttoshiro may be useful for other :D – ZZA Jan 21 '21 at 02:30

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '18 at 18:05

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"cleanUrls": true

The cleanUrls setting is an optional parameter that, when true, will automatically drop the .html extension from uploaded file URLs. If a .html extension is added, a 301 redirect will be performed to the same path without the .html extension

answered Oct 16 '18 at 18:05

Faris Mohamed

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I think that using of RewriteEngine will be much better then 301 redirect. – Eugene Tsakh Oct 16 '18 at 18:17

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '18 at 03:41

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When loading HTML files from disk (such as with your file: path), there is no web server in between the file and the browser. With no web server, there is nothing to interpret rewrite rules, and thus this is not possible.

Once you do host your content with a web server, you should know that .htaccess is just a config file naming convention for Apache HTTPD. Ideally, you configure your server somewhere else, as Apache will have to parse that file every time something is loaded in that directory otherwise. This is highly inefficient.

answered Jul 24 '18 at 03:41

Brad

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Is there another method to remove .html file from url – vijju Jul 24 '18 at 04:00
@vijju Read the first paragraph again where I explain to you why it's not possible without a web server and ask any clarifying questions you have. – Brad Jul 24 '18 at 04:03
I am using cloud functions as sever and firebase is the database for my website. so I hosted my website into firebase . While hosting the firebase creates a public folder in that .html files are stored. so I placed the .htaccess file in that folder – vijju Jul 24 '18 at 04:13

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