Remove GET parameters in link?

Question

I have an API link like :

www.mydomain.com/api.php?key=test&action=say&what=hi

And I would like to access it like :

www.mydomain.com/api.php/test/say/hi

Is it possible ? I didn't found.

If it's a third-party Api you are accessing then you can't do that. If this is your local API then only `.htaccess` re-write rule will work — Alive to die - Anant, May 24 '17 at 04:18
I've done nothing because I don't know how to rewrite correctly urls with htaccess — Matt Belcaustier, May 24 '17 at 04:20
`.htaccess` is one of the worst ways to configure your server, as the config has to be parsed for every relevant request. It's also not a good idea to blindly recommend this without even knowing what web server is in use! The only relevant key word here is "URL rewriting". @MattBelcaustier There's tons of questions on this on Stack Overflow. — Brad, May 24 '17 at 04:23
Its an API url right? than you didn't get it on browser hit. Are you getting this in php according to your question tages — Ajeet Kumar, May 24 '17 at 04:38
Ok so, I tried all of your links answers guys and I can't achieve it with more than 1 parameter, can anybody write a complete solution, if possible, please ? — Matt Belcaustier, May 24 '17 at 04:39
Yes @AjeetKumar it's an API but it can be browser side too, if we can say this like that. I simply want to remove ?xx= / &xxx= from it, like said in my question. — Matt Belcaustier, May 24 '17 at 04:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '17 at 04:45

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If you are getting API url modification using php then you can use this below function

<?php
//Suppose we have URL in string format
//$apiLink = 'www.mydomain.com/api.php?key=test&action=say&what=hi';

//if we doesn't know, or it will be dynamic all times getting from browser
$apiLink = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? "https" : "http") . "://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
$sendNewUrl = makeNewURL($apiLink);
header("location: ".$sendNewUrl);

function makeNewURL($apiLink){
    $totalParams = "";
    $apiData = explode("?",$apiLink);
    $apiParameters = explode("&",$apiData[1]);
    if(count($apiParameters)>0){
        foreach($apiParameters as $params){
            if(strpos($params, '=') !== false){
                $expected = explode("=",$params);
                $totalParams .= $expected[1];
                if($totalParams!=""){
                    $totalParams .= "/";
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return $apiData[0]."/".$totalParams;
}

answered May 24 '17 at 04:45

Ajeet Kumar

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@Matt Belcaustier can go through that way to get a changes in api URL and use/redirect it to where we need.. – Ajeet Kumar May 24 '17 at 04:50
I don't understand why you want to make a new URL + I get an Error 500 – Matt Belcaustier May 24 '17 at 04:51
So what approach you want to go.. clear the points. how you are getting values (API URL) and what you want to achieve by process. your question is not clear. – Ajeet Kumar May 24 '17 at 05:35
if you want re-write only url, its only possible when you have access to write htaccess code on that api server – Ajeet Kumar May 24 '17 at 05:36
I want to access to `api.php?key=test&action=say&what=hi` by `api.php/test/say/hi` – Matt Belcaustier May 24 '17 at 05:42
I mean : If I write `api.php/test/say/hi` in my browser, I want it to do like if I was writing `api.php?key=test&action=say&what=hi` – Matt Belcaustier May 24 '17 at 05:44

Remove GET parameters in link?

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