Make full website URL to become lowercase

Report · Jan 24, 2024

I am having a website with URL where subfolders vary from all uppercase to all lowercase. What I would like to happen is to make whole website URL lowercase once loaded. Even if the user changes it to whatever he wants, it will revert to lowercase once page refreshed.

I tried using what ChatGPT said but this only gives me 500 Internal error. He tried many different variations of this and with http and https and yet all fail in the same way. He also tried with haccess file but it didn't work. Actually, it works for first subfolder, but fails for all others in the path.

<cfsetting showdebugoutput="Yes">
<cftry>
    <cfset requestURL = GetHttpRequestData().headers["host"] & GetHttpRequestData().headers["x-original-uri"]>

    <cfset lowercaseURL = LCase(requestURL)>

    <cfset segments = ListToArray(lowercaseURL, "/")>

    <cfset lastSegment = ArrayLast(segments)>

    <cfif CGI.QUERY_STRING NEQ "">
        <cfset lowercaseURL = "#Replace(lowercaseURL, lastSegment, LCase(lastSegment))#?#CGI.QUERY_STRING#">
    </cfif>

    <cfset lowercaseURL = ReplaceList(lowercaseURL, "/index.cfm", "", "ALL")>

    <cfif LCase(CGI.SCRIPT_NAME) neq LCase(lastSegment) AND LCase(CGI.SCRIPT_NAME) neq LCase(ListLast(CGI.SCRIPT_NAME, '/'))>
        <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
        <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowercaseURL#">
        <cfabort>
    </cfif>

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Report · Jan 24, 2024

If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to redirect users to a new URL that contains only lower-case letters?

Try something like:

<cfset userURL = "https://" & cgi.HTTP_HOST & cgi.HTTP_URL>
<cfif reFind("[A-Z]", userURL) GT 0>
	<cflocation url="#lcase(userURL)#" addtoken="No">
</cfif>

Use caution. There could be situations where this causes an inifite redirection loop?

Report · Jan 24, 2024

I've tried what you gave me but it seems nothing has changed in my URL. After I added your code my URL is:
whatever.com/retro/walkthroughs/GBA/

No lowercase .

I added this Before "<!doctype html>" . Or should I add this somewhere else? I am trying to apply this to all pages considering this is a template for all pages.

Report · Jan 24, 2024

OK, I'll need you to provide more info if you need more help.

Have you looked in your browser developer tools....specifically, the Network tab? On a test page I built with this code, when I load it I see 2 log entries:
302 GET

200 GET

The 302 shows that it landed on the page, detected a capital letter, and redirected to the 'new' URL that is all lower-case. Do you see a 302 GET?

Do you see a redirect happening?

Report · Jan 24, 2024

When I reload the page it behaves normally. There is no rediraction. It just stands there. I am unsure where to look up. I am checking network tab and there are like 50 things going on there, from css files, over js files, documents, images, etc.

I attached image of the code where I placed it. It's a cfm file called "website-header-top-template". This is a template which is connected with other templates to make a whole page. Your code is added on the top of the page on all pages.

Report · Jan 27, 2024

In place of GetHttpRequestData(), you could use the CGI variables. You could, for example, borrow from Jules' definition of URI on Stackoverflow, which makes use of CGI.

So we could start with the following idea. As you can see, I felt free to add a correction for the port.

<cfscript>
	if (trim(cgi.server_port) neq "") {
		port=":" & cgi.server_port;
	} else {
		port="";
	}
	// The URI
	if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
		canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#';
	} else {
		canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#';
	}
	
	//The lower-case version of the URI
	lowerCaseCanonical=lCase(canonical);
</cfscript>

<!--- Your redirect code: redirect only when URI and lowercased URI don't match --->
 <cfif compare(canonical, lowerCaseCanonical)>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowerCaseCanonical#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

Report · Jan 27, 2024

This is almost perfect answer. One thing left is to remove /index.cfm part at the end of the URL. So far it goes: "blabla.com/test/potato" and it stops there. With the code you gave me, it is "blabla.com/test/potato/index.cfm"

I just need the last one removed.

Thank you again for this. Works like a charm. (Just one more left to fix)

Report · Jan 29, 2024

Oh, something just crossed my mind. Are you implementing the solution in Application.cfc? For example, in onRequestStart()?

Report · Jan 29, 2024

It's added in my header cfm file. Where the actual page starts (before doctype declaration). Should I relocate?

Report · Jan 29, 2024

No need to relocate. Header.cfm is customarily included via Application.cfc (unless you've implemented it differently).

Report · Jan 29, 2024

I mean the code works but I only need to remove from URL last /index.cfm. That's all but I don't know how?

Report · Jan 29, 2024

Ha ha, I thought you only mentioned that as being a challenge to do. Does this help?

<cfscript>
	uri="https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/coldfusion-functions/functions-l/listsetat.html";
    nrUriParts=listLen(uri, "/");	
    uriWithLastPartReplaced=listSetAt(uri, nrUriParts, "", "/");
     writeoutput("<strong>uri:</strong> " & uri & "<br>"  );
    writeoutput("<strong>uriWithLastPartReplaced:</strong> " & uriWithLastPartReplaced  );
</cfscript>

Report · Jan 29, 2024

We misunderstood what another, probably because English is not my native language. A code you gave me above works like a charm. My url is always lowercase and that's what I wanted but something happened after I applied the code. Before adding it, my URL never had /index.cfc in it. Now it does. All I need is to keep lowercase as your code does, but also remove that file name. No more, no less. I hope I am being clear now 😄

Report · Jan 29, 2024

You have been clear all along. We only misunderstood each other.

Please share the part of the code that you are using right now. Also share the result you are currently getting. Then tell us what you wish to get.

Report · Jan 30, 2024

Here is the code.

<cfscript>
	if (trim(cgi.server_port) neq "") {
		port=":" & cgi.server_port;
	} else {
		port="";
	}
	// The URI
	if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
		canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#';
	} else {
		canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#';
	}
	
	//The lower-case version of the URI
	lowerCaseCanonical=lCase(canonical);
</cfscript>

<!--- Your redirect code: redirect only when URI and lowercased URI don't match --->
 <cfif compare(canonical, lowerCaseCanonical)>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowerCaseCanonical#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

And here is the result: https://test.almarsguides.com/retro/index.cfm

when you go any sub folder, it shows index.cfm

I need that out.

Report · Jan 30, 2024

So there are two requirements to the problem: (1) strip off "/index.cfm"; and (2) redirect to lower-case URI when browser requests upper-case URI.

You could expand your present code by adding a line that finds and removes "/index.cfm" . For example,

<cfscript>
	if (trim(cgi.server_port) neq "") {
		port=":" & cgi.server_port;
	} else {
		port="";
	}
	// The URI
	canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#';

	if (trim(cgi.query_string) neq "") {
		canonical = canonical & "?#cgi.query_string#";
	}

    uriContainsIndexCFM=findNoCase("/index.cfm", canonical) != 0;
	
	//The lower-case version of the URI
	lowerCaseCanonical=lCase(canonical);
	
</cfscript>

<!--- When URI contains /index.cfm, remove it, then rdirect to resulting lowercase-URI --->
 <cfif uriContainsIndexCFM>
	<cfset uriWithoutIndexCFM=replaceNoCase(lowerCaseCanonical, "/index.cfm", "")>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#uriWithoutIndexCFM#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

<!--- When URI and lowercase-URI don't match, redirect to lowercase URI --->
<cfif compare(canonical, lowerCaseCanonical)>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowerCaseCanonical#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

Report · Jan 30, 2024

Now it shows page is not working. When I apply the code given.

Report · Feb 03, 2024

What URL finally appears in the broiwser?
Verify whether the redirection works. For example, as follows: Press F12 to open Developer Tools. Then launch the URL. What HTTP statusses do you see?
Might it be that your site is still configured to expect a URI that ends in *.cfm? Remember that you have to configure the site to expect blabla.com/test/potato rather than blabla.com/test/potato/x.cfm.

Report · Feb 03, 2024

To summarize of my last post:

configuring your site to go to blabla.com/test/potato rather than to blabla.com/test/potato/index.cfm is a separate task.

Report · Feb 03, 2024

Ok, let me put it this way. Without using script that worked for me (making url lowercase), my URL is always displayed without index.cfm in the end. It is always whatever.com/test/blabla/
However, when I use the script that truly does make my url lowercase, then index.cfm appears.

The script that makes an issue afterwards (which doesn't work), just tells me that page doesn't work. This script:

<cfscript>
	if (trim(cgi.server_port) neq "") {
		port=":" & cgi.server_port;
	} else {
		port="";
	}
	// The URI
	canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#';

	if (trim(cgi.query_string) neq "") {
		canonical = canonical & "?#cgi.query_string#";
	}

    uriContainsIndexCFM=findNoCase("/index.cfm", canonical) != 0;
	
	//The lower-case version of the URI
	lowerCaseCanonical=lCase(canonical);
	
</cfscript>

<!--- When URI contains /index.cfm, remove it, then rdirect to resulting lowercase-URI --->
 <cfif uriContainsIndexCFM>
	<cfset uriWithoutIndexCFM=replaceNoCase(lowerCaseCanonical, "/index.cfm", "")>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#uriWithoutIndexCFM#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

<!--- When URI and lowercase-URI don't match, redirect to lowercase URI --->
<cfif compare(canonical, lowerCaseCanonical)>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowerCaseCanonical#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

Report · Feb 03, 2024

Then use the script that worked, with the following modification:

// The URI ends in .../potato
if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
	canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#", "/index.cfm", "");
} else {
    canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#", "/index.cfm", "");
}

// The URI ends in .../potato/
if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
	canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#", "index.cfm", "");
} else {
    canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#", "index.cfm", "");
}

Report · Feb 03, 2024

Can you give me full code from the script that worked? I really have no idea how any of this work, honestly. You did give me snippets but I have no idea where to put it and what to remove.

Right now I got this one and it seems to work. No idea how it works, but it seems it does.

<cfscript>
    if (trim(cgi.server_port) neq "") {
        port = ":" & cgi.server_port;
    } else {
        port = "";
    }

    // The URI without the filename
    if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
        canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#';
    } else {
        canonical = '#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#';
    }

    // Remove "/index.cfm" from the canonical URL
    canonical = replaceNoCase(canonical, "/index.cfm", "", "all");

    // The lower-case version of the URI without the filename
    lowerCaseCanonical = lCase(canonical);
</cfscript>

<!--- Your redirect code: redirect only when URI and lowercased URI don't match --->
<cfif compare(canonical, lowerCaseCanonical)>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowerCaseCanonical#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

Report · Feb 04, 2024

Just a matter of replacing the snippet in the code that you yourself say works. Namely:

<cfscript>
	if (trim(cgi.server_port) neq "") {
		port=":" & cgi.server_port;
	} else {
		port="";
	}
// You want the the URI to end in .../potato
if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
	canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#", "/index.cfm", "");
} else {
    canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#", "/index.cfm", "");
}
// You want the the URI to end in .../potato/
/*
if (trim(cgi.query_string) eq "") {
	canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#", "index.cfm", "");
} else {
    canonical=replaceNoCase("#getPageContext().getRequest().getScheme()#://#cgi.server_name##port##cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#", "index.cfm", "");
}	
*/
	//The lower-case version of the URI
	lowerCaseCanonical=lCase(canonical);
</cfscript>

<!--- Your redirect code: redirect only when URI and lowercased URI don't match --->
 <cfif compare(canonical, lowerCaseCanonical)>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="#lowerCaseCanonical#">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

In any case, did you see my numbered questions in the previous post? I think that if you answered them we would solve the problem quickly.

Report · Feb 05, 2024

Thank you very much for all the help given. All is good now. ^^

Report · Feb 05, 2024

My pleasure, @Aleksandar34715023f1z9 .

Make full website URL to become lowercase

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