Disable .htaccess rule to a specific directory

Question

I have a Rule in My base folder .htaccess file. The rule will automatically redirect http:// to https://. But for a specific folder or URL I need to access through http://

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https:/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

For example My website will be like https://<>/power/a/1

But I need to access some URL without https://

expected http://localhost/admin/rest_api/api_methods/

Answer 1

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule    ^$ app/webroot/    [L]
RewriteRule    (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]

# Turn SSL on for /user/login
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/admin/rest_api
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

# Turn SSL off everything but /user/login
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/admin/rest_api
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Answer 2

You need to implement an "exception rule" in form of a condition for the RewriteRule:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/webservices/access
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Answer 3

This should work:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/webservices/access
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

It will redirect everything but the /webservices/access folder (or any other links in that folder like /webservices/access/login.php) to https