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title: Rewrite image paths with several URL segments
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# Rewrite image paths with several URL segments

Create a URL rewrite rule (part of Transform Rules) to rewrite any requests for `/images/<FOLDER1>/<FOLDER2>/<FILENAME>` to `/img/<FILENAME>`.

To rewrite paths like `/images/<FOLDER1>/<FOLDER2>/<FILENAME>` — where `<FOLDER1>`, `<FOLDER2>`, and `<FILENAME>` can vary — to `/img/<FILENAME>`, create a URL rewrite rule with a dynamic rewrite of the path component:

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```
http.request.uri.path ~ "^/images/[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+$"
```

Text after **Path** \> **Rewrite to** \> _Dynamic_:

```
regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "^/images/[^/]+/[^/]+/(.+)$", "/img/${1}")
```

For example, this rule would rewrite the `/images/nature/animals/tiger.png` path to `/img/tiger.png`.

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