How do I redirect all requests that contains a certain string to 404 in nginx?

Question

I want to return all requests to urls that contains the string Histats to 404. How can I do that?

`if ($request_uri ~ .*Histats.*) { return 404; }` Works fine. — Kaah, Jun 20 '13 at 21:31
Thanks to your comment I was able to solve this major headache. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51747175/nginx-location-match-regex-for-special-characters-and-encoded-url-characters — MitchellK, Aug 09 '18 at 12:03

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '13 at 22:47

16

location ~ Histats {
    return 404;
}

answered Jun 20 '13 at 22:47

Mohammad AbuShady

Thanks! I assmume that I can use | to look for different strings? – Kaah Jun 26 '13 at 18:51
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yea, but I think you need to use a block for that `location ~ (Histats|test)` – Mohammad AbuShady Jun 26 '13 at 23:03

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