Query param as a part of SEO url?

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Greetings. I was wondering if I could use a query param as a part of SEO url, e.g., I want www.site.com/catalog/wine?type=red transform to www.site.com/catalog/wine/red, I’ve tried adding this to .htaccess:
RewriteRule ^(.)/(.)$ index.php?q=$1&type=$2 [L,QSA]

Actually it’s the latest version of rewrite rule I’ve tried, I’ve also tried several others like this one:
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/catalog/wine/$ /catalog/wine?type=$1 [L]

But none of them worked.

Environment

MODX 2.7.2, Apache 2.4.

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Maybe you can use the extra CustomRequest for this, instead of trying to change the .htaccess.

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Yes, CustomRequest or another custom plugin at the Event onPageNotFound, if CustomRequest doesn’t fit your needs.

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Have you tried it like this?

RewriteRule ^/catalog/wine/(.*)$ index.php?q=/catalog/wine/&type=$1 [L]

Wether it’s more suitable to manage from MODX (CustomRequest or other plugin) or htaccess is debatable depending on the use case. The htaccess approach is probably a little more performant at the trade-off of needing to manage it in a file.

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@markh, I think the op wants to do the opposite of what your rule does.

This is a little funky, but it works according to this tester:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} catalog/wine
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (?:type=)([a-zA-Z]+).*$
RewriteRule (.*) catalog/wine/%1?

You’ll have to adjust the [a-zA-Z] if your wine types contain other characters.

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Thanks for the answers guys!

@halftrainedharry, I’ve tried it but with this extension I can only do a redirection from www.site.com/catalog/wine/red to www.site.com/catalog/wine?type=red which is not what I’ve wanted (this query param rewriting is for SEO purposes), I was wondering if I’m doing something wrong? I’ve added ‘catalog/wine/red’ to the ‘Alias Path’ and pointed it to my Red Wines resource, it does the redirect but I still can see the ‘catalog/wine?type=red’ in the address bar.

@bobray, that’s what I’ve wanted, but for some reason it’s not working, the url’s not being rewritten.

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my question is, where are this links like
www.site.com/catalog/wine?type=red
coming from? Why do you not just generate them like
www.site.com/catalog/wine/red

and then use CustomRequest for redirecting

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The problem is that there are some quirky snippets for filtering products that need to be modified to work with new urls, so I wanted to go with a quick rewriting solution, well, seems that I’ll need to do a bit of R&D.

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seems, what you want, is a plugin or a snippet, which you place on www.site.com/catalog/wine that redirects for example to www.site.com/catalog/wine/red?

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I definitely tested that .htaccess section. Do you have non-alphanumeric characters or spaces in your type=... section? Have you tried moving the rules above the MODX FURL section (but after the RewriteBase and engine on statements)?

If it’s just one page, bruno17’s suggestion is probably easier.