nginx: Location block for all URIs without extension

Question

I know how to process URIs that match a certain pattern.

Example

The following configuration will add an Cache-Control http-header to all files ending with .css or .js:

location ~* \.(css|js)$ {
  add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable" always;
}

Question

How can I process all URIs without extension?

Something like www.domain.tld/my-article.

(I use nginx as an reverse-proxy and I add the extension .html in the .htaccess.)

So the final path element does not contain a `.`, for example: `location ~ /[^./]+$` — Richard Smith, Jun 10 '21 at 11:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '21 at 18:31

2

The usual way is:

location / {
    # Everything else
}

location ~* \.(?:css|js)$ {
    add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable" always;
}

nginx location directive documentation explains in detail how nginx evaluates different location blocks.

answered Jun 10 '21 at 18:31

Tero Kilkanen

Is in the example above `\.(?:css|js)$` the same as `\.(css|js)$`? – Sr. Schneider Jun 11 '21 at 08:22
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The `?:` tells regular expression engine not to capture the part to variable. This makes the expression a bit faster. – Tero Kilkanen Jun 11 '21 at 16:18

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