Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

The ~ modifier

The requested URI must be a case-sensitive match for the specified regular expression:

server { 
    server_name website.com; 
    location ~ ^/abcd$ { 
    [...] 
    } 
}

The ^/abcd$ regular expression used in this example specifies that the pattern must begin (^) with /, be followed by abc, and finish ($) with d. Consequently, the configuration in the location block:

• Applies to http://website.com/abcd (exact match)
• Does not apply to http://website.com/ABCD (case-sensitive)
• Applies to http://website.com/abcd?param1&param2 (regardless of query string arguments)
• Does not apply to http://website.com/abcd/ (trailing slash) due to the specified regular expression
• Does not apply to http://website.com/abcde (extra characters) due to the specified regular ...