How can I do a rewrite in IIS/web.config that still shows the typed/pretty URL?

Question

I have an htaccess rule like this:

RewriteRule ^page/pretty/([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-(.[A-Za-z0-9]*)/?$ /page/pretty/prettytemplatepage/?code=$2&path=page/pretty/$1-$2&slug=$1-$2 [P,L]

This works to allow a URL like:

site.com/page/pretty/some-pretty-page-ABCD

To display the page at:

site.com/page/pretty/prettypagetemplate/?code=ABCD&path=page/pretty/some-pretty-page-ABCD&slug=some-pretty-page-ABCD

Without redirecting/changing the URL in the address bar. How can I accomplish the same thing in Azure/IIS/web.config?

Answer 1

What you are asking for is a Reverse-Proxy implementation. This can be achieved using ARR & URL Rewrite modules. Refer this article talks on how to achieve this configuration: Reverse Proxy with URL Rewrite v2 and Application Request Routing