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ague1-Visitor
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February 5, 2020
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Shortening a mashup url?

  • February 5, 2020
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Anyone know how to shorten a mashup's URL in ThingWorx? I already have a page that lives at 'www.myserver.com/Thingworx/Home', so I need another address that will read 'www.myserver.com/Thingworx/Home/MyPageName'.

 

I've found this article already re using a Google API to shorten a URL: https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx_apps/r8.5/en/index.html#page/thingworx_apps/ThingWorxAppsSetupConfig/url_shortening_service.html.

 

However, the second step of this article seems to indicate the use of Manufacturing Apps, which I am not using. 

Best answer by BennyB

Since this is no clear reply here a short description.

 

  1. Open file D:\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\conf\server.xml (of course adjust path to your installation folder)
    • Find path Server/Service/Engine/Host (probably at the bottom)
    • Add: <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve" />
  2. Create file rewrite.config in path D:\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\conf\Catalina\localhost

 

Example rewrite.config:

RewriteRule ^/Common/(.*) /Thingworx/Common/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/DSP/(.*) /Thingworx/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/DSPR/(.*) /Thingworx/Runtime/$1 [L]

 

RewriteRule ^/Machine/(.*)$ /Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=MachineViewMashup&EntityName=$1 [R,L,NE,NC]
RewriteRule ^/Plant /Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=PlantViewMashup [R,L,NE,NC]

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BennyB16-Pearl
16-Pearl
February 6, 2020

You can use Tomcat redirect mechanism by modifying server.xml and rewrite config. Don't have a full description right now but google may be your friend.

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BennyB16-PearlAnswer
16-Pearl
March 10, 2020

Since this is no clear reply here a short description.

 

  1. Open file D:\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\conf\server.xml (of course adjust path to your installation folder)
    • Find path Server/Service/Engine/Host (probably at the bottom)
    • Add: <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve" />
  2. Create file rewrite.config in path D:\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\conf\Catalina\localhost

 

Example rewrite.config:

RewriteRule ^/Common/(.*) /Thingworx/Common/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/DSP/(.*) /Thingworx/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/DSPR/(.*) /Thingworx/Runtime/$1 [L]

 

RewriteRule ^/Machine/(.*)$ /Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=MachineViewMashup&EntityName=$1 [R,L,NE,NC]
RewriteRule ^/Plant /Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=PlantViewMashup [R,L,NE,NC]

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slangleyCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 3, 2020

Hi @ague.

 

If you are satisfied with the previous response, please mark it as the Accepted Solution for the benefit of others with the same question.

 

Regards.

 

--Sharon

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