discourse/app/controllers/permalinks_controller.rb

class PermalinksController < ApplicationController
  skip_before_filter :check_xhr, :preload_json

  def show
    url = request.fullpath[1..-1]
    permalink = Permalink.find_by_url(url)
    if permalink && permalink.target_url
      redirect_to permalink.target_url, status: :moved_permanently
    else
      raise Discourse::NotFound
    end
  end
end
FEATURE: add a way to map arbitrary urls to a topic, post, or category. Useful for sites that have migrated to Discourse and want to redirect from their old site to Discourse with 301 redirects. 2014-08-28 15:09:36 -04:00			`class PermalinksController < ApplicationController`
			`skip_before_filter :check_xhr, :preload_json`

			`def show`
FIX: permalink redirect support for url's with extensions in them, like .html and .php 2014-12-04 16:38:58 -05:00			`url = request.fullpath[1..-1]`
FIX: support Permalink urls with query string 2014-09-10 13:58:52 -04:00			`permalink = Permalink.find_by_url(url)`
FEATURE: add a way to map arbitrary urls to a topic, post, or category. Useful for sites that have migrated to Discourse and want to redirect from their old site to Discourse with 301 redirects. 2014-08-28 15:09:36 -04:00			`if permalink && permalink.target_url`
			`redirect_to permalink.target_url, status: :moved_permanently`
			`else`
			`raise Discourse::NotFound`
			`end`
			`end`
			`end`