How to redirect www to non www on app platform

Hi there,

I recently answered a similar question here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/app-redirect-from-non-www-to-www

I believe that this should be doable as you are already using DigitalOcean for your DNS management:

• First add both the www and the non-www domains to your App Platform:
• This will automatically take care of the DNS records for you so you don’t need to manually add any new recrods.
• Then, you can to set up an HTTP redirect from the www version to the main domain. To do this, you can modify your Node.js application code to handle the redirection logic. Here is a quick example:

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  if (req.hostname.startsWith('www.')) {
    return res.redirect(301, `https://${req.hostname.slice(4)}${req.url}`);
  }
  next();
});

// Your other routes and middleware go here

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server running on port ${port}`);
});

In this example, the middleware checks if the incoming request’s hostname starts with www.. If it does, the request is redirected to the non-www version of your domain with a 301 redirect status code. You can adjust the example as necessary to match your application’s environment and programming language.

Let me know how it goes!

If you would like to see this implemented as a feature, the best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/

Best,

Bobby