Question

I have a re-write rule in .htaccess (it’s working fine) that I’d like to add as WordPress wp_rewrite –
mainly for portability and user’s convenience… The question is just how the regex-pattern has to look like…

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/services/rest/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)$ wp-content/plugins/some_plugin/api.php?action=$3 [L,NC]

The syntax that I would require looks about like this:

$newrules = array('^/services/rest/(.*)' => mAPI_PLUGIN_URL.'/socket.php?action=$matches[1]');

Any suggestions how to solve or how to improve that?

Answer 1

Add the following code in your script/theme:

add_action('init', 'add_rewrite_rule');
add_filter('query_vars', 'query_vars');
add_filter('wp_head', 'rooter');

function add_rewrite_rule()
{
    add_rewrite_rule('services/rest/(.*)', 'index.php?my_action=$matches[1]', 'top');
}

function query_vars($query_vars)
{
    $query_vars[] = 'my_action';
    return $query_vars;
}

function rooter()
{        
    if(get_query_var('my_action'))
    {
        // Do your tasks here
    }
}

In my case it is working good for a plugin I have developed for personal use.