Now Redirect

Simple microservice to redirect to an url

Usage

If you haven't installed now already, start by following these instructions

To deploy the service use the following command:

now now-examples/redirect

You'll be asked to provide REDIRECT_URL. An example REDIRECT_URL is: https://www.example.com

After the deployment is complete you can create an alias for your custom domain:

now alias <unique-deployment-url> example.com

In this example you've made a redirect from:

https://example.com ⟶ https://www.example.com

302 redirects are better for 301s since they are not permanent. To use a 301, pass it as the STATUS environment variable, e.g.

STATUS=301; now

Use the STRIP_PATH environment variable to control whether the redirect includes the original path.

On now every subdomain is unique. So example.com and www.example.com can be 2 different instances. This is useful when you want to, for example, redirect from non-www to www.

Authors

• Tim Neutkens (@timneutkens)
• Nathan Rajlich (@TooTallNate – ▲ZEIT)