Remove querystring through web.config

Question

On my website, I have a situation where my URL sometimes get a querystring parameter appended by a system outsite ours.

So instead of looking like this: http://www.domain.com?myquery=blah or http://www.domain.com, it has the url http: http://www.domain.com?myquery=blah&theirpara=blah or http://www.domain.com?theirpara=blah .

When a user visits with the "theirpara" parameter, I would like to make a 301 redirect to the URL without it.

I've tried using the URL rewrite module, but not really getting anywhere. It would be nice to do it at IIS/web.config level instead of Response.RedirectPermanent if possible.

I thought it would be good to setup up using a rule (URL write module), but to be honest, I've no idea how to fix this issue. I am using the following rule to remove the trailing slash, but not sure how to modify it to this need.

<!--To always remove trailing slash from the URL-->
<rule name="Remove trailing slash" stopProcessing="true">
  <match url="(.*)/$" />
  <conditions>
    <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
    <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
  </conditions>
  <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="{R:1}" />
</rule>

Any ideas on how to set it up?

What's wrong with their parameter, that you want to remove it? — Uriil
– Uriil, Commented Nov 10, 2012 at 13:19
Uriil: Search engine optimization purposes :) It gets indexed in Google, giving me duplicate content. It could be fixed with canonical url's, but I would like both solutions — Lars Holdgaard
– Lars Holdgaard, Commented Nov 10, 2012 at 13:38

strmstn · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-10 13:33:47Z

5

If you are looking for a pretty generic rule that removes theirpara but keeps any other query string parameters then you will have to handle cases where

It is alone: ?theirpara=123 -> /
It is first: ?theirpara=123&ourparams=456 -> ?ourparams=456
It is in the middle: ?our1=123&theirpara=456&our2=789 -> ?our1=123&our2=789
It is last: ?ourparams=123&theirpara=456 -> ?ourparams=123

I wrote a rule that handles these cases but in case 4 a trailing ampersand is left, I hope it is enough to get you started though.

<rule name="Redirect on theirpara" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="^(.*)$" />
        <conditions>
            <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="^(.*)theirpara=([^=&amp;]+)&amp;?(.*)$" />
        </conditions>
    <action type="Redirect" url="/{R:0}?{C:1}{C:3}" appendQueryString="false" />
</rule>

edited Nov 10, 2012 at 13:33

answered Nov 10, 2012 at 13:28

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Kalpesh Boghara Over a year ago

I have try your rules but it's not working for me. When I try to test pattern it's show an error. prntscr.com/nf4wil

strmstn Over a year ago

@KalpeshBoghara. I think you shouldn't use & in that dialog. Just using & should be enough.

Kalpesh Boghara Over a year ago

My pattern us ^(.*)theirpara=([^=&]+)&?(.*)$ but website contain ? and & at last. ex: example.com? example.com?otherparam=valueofother&

Kalpesh Boghara Over a year ago

What happen if theirpara is not into URL. In my case throw an error, can't able to access website url without theirpara

Daniel Calliess · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-10 14:11:56Z

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I don't have an IIS to hand but the following should be working:

Change match to

<match url="(.*)&theirpara=blah(.*)" />

and redirect to

<action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="{R:1}{R:2}" />

If you want it to work not only on the plain domain you should remove the conditions accordingly.

edited Nov 10, 2012 at 14:11

answered Nov 10, 2012 at 13:28

Daniel Calliess

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