How to remove the trailing slashes from a URL with nginx

Question

I'm trying to remove trailing slashes from urls. I searched a lot and tried some solutions but they didn't work form me.

I tried this one

rewrite ^/(.*)/$ /$1 permanent;

but it leaves one slash at the end (example.com/ or example.com/post/) but I need example.com and example.com/post

Also I tried this solution

if ($request_uri ~ (.*?\/)(\/+)$ ) { return 301 $scheme://$host$1; }

and it's one of the best but it also leaves one slash at the end.

And also I was getting an error in the console after all tries like this:

GET http://example.com/post 404 (Not Found)

I'm new to nginx and doesn't know a lot, how can I achieve redirects from urls with trailing slashes?

How many backslashes are being requested. Have you got urls like example.com/// or something silly like that. The rewrite you have used should work, but I guess Nginx assumes only one backslash. You might need to repeat it for // and /// etc. — Admiral Noisy Bottom
– Admiral Noisy Bottom, Commented Apr 25, 2020 at 1:47
Why do you want to do that? In case of "example.com/", that slash isn't "trailing", it's the first character of every url. Remove it, your browserr will add it again. — Gerard H. Pille
– Gerard H. Pille, Commented Apr 25, 2020 at 1:56
@GerardH.Pille agree with that, but how can I remove slash in this case 'example.com/post/'? Because when I'm trying url like this 'example.com/post////' it leaves one slash at the end - 'example.com/post/', I want remove that slash too. — Igor Oleniuk
– Igor Oleniuk, Commented Apr 25, 2020 at 11:15
@AdmiralNoisyBottom, two and more slashes are being requested ( example.com//////), I'll try to repeat that rewrite, but how exactly should I do that just paste few of them or make some changes? — Igor Oleniuk
– Igor Oleniuk, Commented Apr 25, 2020 at 11:19

PRIHLOP · Accepted Answer · 2024-09-12 14:42:39Z

It seems like the good variant will be the next config:

if ($request_uri ~* (.*?)(\/+)$) { return 301 $scheme://$host$1; }

Gerard H. Pille · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-25 12:55:06Z

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No ifs (or buts) are needed, a rewrite will do:

rewrite /((?U).*)(/+)$ /$1 redirect;

Without the "ungreedy" - (?U) - $1 would pick up all but one /.

answered Apr 25, 2020 at 12:55

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Mechanic · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-06 10:43:31Z

This one worker for me:

location ~ (.*)/$ { if ($query_string) { return 301 $scheme://$host$1?$query_string; } return 301 $scheme://$host$1; }

Twissell · Accepted Answer · 2023-10-09 07:20:21Z

This solution has also been tested and works well.

It should have a better performance because there is no rewriting according to the best practice above.

location ~ (.*?\/)(\/+)$ { return 301 $scheme://$host$request_uri; }

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