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layout: docs
page_title: Reroute HTTP Requests
description: >-
  Learn how to configure Consul API Gateway to reroute HTTP requests to a specific path. 
---

# Reroute HTTP Requests

This topic describes how to configure Consul API Gateway to reroute HTTP requests. 

## Requirements

1. Verify that the [requirements](/consul/docs/api-gateway/tech-specs) have been met.
1. Verify that the Consul API Gateway CRDs and controller have been installed and applied. Refer to [Installation](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/api-gateway/deploy/install-k8s) for details.

## Configuration

Specify the following fields in your `Route` configuration. Refer to the [Route configuration reference](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/api-gateway/configuration/routes) for details about the parameters.

- [`rules.filters.type`](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/api-gateway/configuration/routes#rules-filters-type): Set this parameter to `URLRewrite` to instruct Consul API Gateway to rewrite the URL when specific conditions are met. 
- [`rules.filters.urlRewrite`](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/api-gateway/configuration/routes#rules-filters-urlrewrite): Specify the `path` configuration.
- [`rules.filters.urlRewrite.path`](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/api-gateway/configuration/routes#rules-filters-urlrewrite-path): Contains the paths that incoming requests should be rewritten to based on the match conditions.  

To configure the route to accept paths with or without a trailing slash, you must make two separate routes to handle each case.

### Example

In the following example, requests to` /incoming-request-prefix/` are forwarded to the `backendRef` as `/prefix-backend-receives/`. As a result, requests to `/incoming-request-prefix/request-path` are received by `backendRef` as `/prefix-backend-receives/request-path`.

<CodeBlockConfig filename="route.yaml">

```yaml hideClipboard
apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: HTTPRoute
metadata:
 name: example-route
 ##...
spec:
 parentRefs:
   - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
     kind: Gateway
     name: api-gateway
 rules:
   - backendRefs:
     . . .
     filters:
       - type: URLRewrite
         urlRewrite:
           path:
             replacePrefixMatch: /prefix-backend-receives/
             type: ReplacePrefixMatch
     matches:
       - path:
           type: PathPrefix
           value: /incoming–request-prefix/
```
</CodeBlockConfig>