Using glob with capture for rewrites

[laran]

Here's the closest example to what I want to do for rewrites that I found:

{
  "rewrites": [
    { "source": "/projects/:id/edit", "destination": "/edit-project-:id.html" },
  ]
}

What I really want to do is have

• /pages/** all handled by /index.html
• /tags/** all handled by /index.html

But I don't want to rewrite the url. I just want to have all requests be handled by my react app, the entry point for which is index.html.

What I find now is that if I go directly to a page (let's say /pages/foo), or do a forced refresh of that page, react doesn't load/route properly and returns a 404.

So what rules do I need to have all requests under the specific paths /pages/** and /tags/** all handled by /index.html but without changing the URL?

[warren-bank]

a few quick thoughts:

• a redirect would simplify things
• a rewrite will load the content of your "destination" file at the requested URL
  • which will break relative links..
  • so make sure the "destination" file only uses absolute paths (ie: begin with /)