In case that you need to add the http redirect in many sites, you could use it as a c# console program:
class Program
{
static int Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length < 3)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter an argument: for example insert-redirect ./web.config http://stackoverflow.com");
return 1;
}
if (args.Length == 3)
{
if (args[0].ToLower() == "-insert-redirect")
{
var path = args[1];
var value = args[2];
if (InsertRedirect(path, value))
Console.WriteLine("Redirect added.");
return 0;
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Wrong parameters.");
return 1;
}
static bool InsertRedirect(string path, string value)
{
try
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(path);
// This should find the appSettings node (should be only one):
XmlNode nodeAppSettings = doc.SelectSingleNode("//system.webServer");
var existNode = nodeAppSettings.SelectSingleNode("httpRedirect");
if (existNode != null)
return false;
// Create new <add> node
XmlNode nodeNewKey = doc.CreateElement("httpRedirect");
XmlAttribute attributeEnable = doc.CreateAttribute("enabled");
XmlAttribute attributeDestination = doc.CreateAttribute("destination");
//XmlAttribute attributeResponseStatus = doc.CreateAttribute("httpResponseStatus");
// Assign values to both - the key and the value attributes:
attributeEnable.Value = "true";
attributeDestination.Value = value;
//attributeResponseStatus.Value = "Permanent";
// Add both attributes to the newly created node:
nodeNewKey.Attributes.Append(attributeEnable);
nodeNewKey.Attributes.Append(attributeDestination);
//nodeNewKey.Attributes.Append(attributeResponseStatus);
// Add the node under the
nodeAppSettings.AppendChild(nodeNewKey);
doc.Save(path);
return true;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Exception adding redirect: {e.Message}");
return false;
}
}
}