{"id":7054,"date":"2024-03-14T05:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-nginx-route-requests-based-on-parameters\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:28:13","slug":"how-can-nginx-route-requests-based-on-parameters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-nginx-route-requests-based-on-parameters\/","title":{"rendered":"Nginx Route Requests by Parameters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In nginx, you can use if statements to forward requests based on parameters. Here is an example configuration:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-section\">server<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">listen<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">80<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">server_name<\/span> example.com;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-section\">location<\/span> \/ {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">if<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$arg_param1<\/span> = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"value1\"<\/span>) {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">proxy_pass<\/span> http:\/\/backend1;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">if<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$arg_param2<\/span> = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"value2\"<\/span>) {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">proxy_pass<\/span> http:\/\/backend2;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">proxy_pass<\/span> http:\/\/default_backend;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-section\">upstream<\/span> backend1 {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">server<\/span> backend1.example.com;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-section\">upstream<\/span> backend2 {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">server<\/span> backend2.example.com;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-section\">upstream<\/span> default_backend {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">server<\/span> default_backend.example.com;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, if the value of parameter param1 is value1, nginx will forward the request to backend1; if the value of parameter param2 is value2, it will be forwarded to backend2; otherwise, it will be forwarded to the default_backend. 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