Play Framework Redirect all traffic

Question

I'm slowly converting a REST API from Rails to Scala. I've got some methods working with play, but others have to fall back to the Rails server.

I want all requests to go through Play, but if they aren't implemented yet to redirect. Specifically if URL requested is play-app.com/api/v1/.* then it should be redirected to rails-app.com/api/v1/.*, with URL and all params in tact. I've tried this route:

GET /api/v1/*path

But now I don't know what to do with it.

Are you using some sort of frontend server? (By the way, that's the usual approach to running Play.) If so, handle the redirection via the frontend server. — Carsten
That was my first thought, but right now it's running on Heroku so I don't think that will work. — stevenheidel

Michael Zajac Michael Zajac · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-30T20:47:11

If your route is

GET   /api/v1/*path                  controllers.Api.v1(path: String)

Then your controller function would look something like this:

object Api extends Controller { request =>
    val queryString: String = if(request.rawQueryString.nonEmpty) "?" + request.rawQueryString else ""

    def v1(path: String) = Action {
         TemporaryRedirect("rails-app.com/api/v1/" + path + queryString )
    }
}

Play Framework Redirect all traffic

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