The term URL rewrite is important in SEO, as it makes URLs meaningful and readable. For example, you want to redirect your customers to particular Product/category Pages, URL of that pages is like http://www.xyz.com/catalog_id/?id=3 then the customer can not reach that Product/Category pages.
How to Rewrite URL Programmatically in Magento 2

The term URL rewrite is important in SEO, as it makes URLs meaningful and readable. For example, you want to redirect your customers to particular Product/category Pages, URL of that pages is like http://www.xyz.com/catalog_id/?id=3 then the customer can not reach that Product/Category pages. For that, you need to make such a URL that customers can easily reach. Like http://www.xyz.com/dash-digital-watch, Now, customers and search engines both can easily get to your Product/Category pages.

  • To generate the constructor, you have to use below block of code in your controller file: Here, we have used Magento\UrlRewrite\Model\UrlRewriteFactory instance and created its object($urlRewriteFactory).
    • <?php
     namespace Vendor\Module\Controller;
     use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context;
     class YourController
     {
     /**
     * @var \Magento\UrlRewrite\Model\UrlRewriteFactory
     */
     protected $_urlRewriteFactory;
     /**
     * @param Context $context
     * @param \Magento\UrlRewrite\Model\UrlRewriteFactory $urlRewriteFactory
     */
     public function __construct(
     Context $context,
     \Magento\UrlRewrite\Model\UrlRewriteFactory $urlRewriteFactory
     )
     {
     $this->_urlRewriteFactory = $urlRewriteFactory;
     parent::__construct($context);
     }
     public function execute() {
     $urlRewriteModel = $this→_urlRewriteFactory→create();
     /*set entity type you if you want to rewrite url for “custom”, “for cms page”, “for product”,“for category” */
     $urlRewriteModel→setEntityType('custom');
     /*for set current store ID */
     $urlRewriteModel→setStoreId(1);
     /*set 0 as this url is not created by system */
     $urlRewriteModel→setIsSystem(0);
     /* unique identifier - place random unique value to ID path */
     $urlRewriteModel→setIdPath(rand(1, 100000));
     /* set actual url path to target path field */
     $urlRewriteModel→setTargetPath(‘target-url.html’);
     /* set requested path which you want to create */
     $urlRewriteModel→setRequestPath(‘requested-url.html’);
     /*set Redirect type*/
     $urlRewriteModel→setRedirectType(301);
     /* save URL rewrite rule */
     $urlRewriteModel→save();
     }
     }
  • In execute method, create URL rewrite factory.
  • Set Entity Type as you rewrite URL is custom URL or CMS page or category page or product page, then set store ID in which you want to rewrite URL.
  • Set 0 to the setIsSystem() as URL is not created by the system.
  • We have set the random unique value to the ID path. Then set Target Path and Requested Path.
  • After that, set Redirect Type. 301 is for Permanent redirect and 302 is for Temporary Redirect.
  • That's How you can rewrite the URL and navigate the customer to the link you want.

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