Transparently redirect wikipedia URLs to the corresponding wikipedia for schools URL, if present

[usernamenumber]

The wikipedia role is written for Apache, but the current system uses nginx. Role needs to be "ported" to deploy to nginx instead.

[devalih]

Nginx community has a good template to start with
http://wiki.nginx.org/MediaWiki

[Ar2000jp]

@devalih That link is for MediaWiki, not WfS.
WfS seems to be static only. The apache config uses RewriteRule & CheckSpelling to translate from Wikipedia URLs to WfS. This is useful for making use of Wikipedia's search engine, I think.
From my research, NGINX doesn't have an equivalent for the spelling module. 2 alternatives come to mind:
1- Serve WfS static, without Wikipedia -> WfS redirection.
2- Write some CGI to handle the spelling rewrite.

[usernamenumber]

Hi guys, just checking in real quick from a WiFi cafe (probably my only
time online until Sunday). IIRC, mod_speling is only used for case issues,
like making '/Chemistry' match '/chemistry' (or maybe it's the other way
around?). There's probably a way to use a case-insensitive regex in nginx
that just writes both to the correct values. I'd suggest researching that.

And Ahmad, it was great to check my email and see so much activity from
you! I look forward to revising as much of it as I can before I have to
leave the cafe. Great work!
On Feb 3, 2015 5:04 AM, "Ahmad Draidi" [email protected] wrote:

@devalih https://github.com/devalih That link is for MediaWiki, not WfS.
WfS seems to be static only. The apache config uses RewriteRule &
CheckSpelling to translate from Wikipedia URLs to WfS. This is useful for
making use of Wikipedia's search engine, I think.
From my research, NGINX doesn't have an equivalent for the spelling
module. 2 alternatives come to mind:
1- Serve WfS static, without Wikipedia -> WfS redirection.
2- Write some CGI to handle the spelling rewrite.

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[Ar2000jp]

RegEx is used for matching only, AFAIK. It can't be used to change the matched variables.
The problem is getting the URI to match the files on disk. After some research, there seems to be no way for NGINX to load files in a case-insensitive way, except for external modules.
I found this: https://github.com/replay/ngx_http_lower_upper_case , but I think it's a bad idea to use an external module. A small CGI script would be easier to maintain.

PS: Thank you. :)

[usernamenumber]

This is at least fixed for now by integration of the RACHEL module for Wikipedia for Schools. However, eventually we want some automation that translates wikipedia URLs into the corresponding WfS URL.

For now, though, the minimum we need is sorted out once #48 is resolved and RACHEL support can be merged in.

[usernamenumber]

Updated the title to reflect the current goal of this issue. Removed from the initial release milestone.

[usernamenumber]

Relevant comment about kili.io's configuration, which does something like what we want: #20 (comment)