--- title: "Setting up redirects on Netlify" description: "Learn how to configure redirects and rewrites for your Netlify sites." source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/12/13/setting-up-redirects-on-netlify/" last_updated: "2026-07-10T20:45:27.000Z" --- > Throughout December we’ll be [highlighting a different Netlify feature each day](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/12/01/highlighting-a-different-netlify-feature-each-day-in-december/). It might just be the thing you need to unlock those creative juices, and [dust off that domain](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/12/01/dusty-domains-your-forgotten-domains-raise-money-for-charity/?utm_campaign=devex-ph&utm_source=netlify&utm_medium=blog&utm_content=adventure-cli-dev) you registered but never deployed! Keep an eye [on the blog](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/12/01/highlighting-a-different-netlify-feature-each-day-in-december/?utm_campaign=devex-ph&utm_source=netlify&utm_medium=blog&utm_content=adventure-cli-dev) and on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/netlify) for each feature! If you’ve used Netlify Functions before, you may know that one way to trigger them is to visit your site with the path `/.netlify/functions/`. However, if you wanted to expose your functions as an API, this doesn’t look super user-friendly. Instead, we can use redirects to improve it! We’ve made setting up redirects in your app easier so you can get started quickly. Let’s have a look! First, you need to create a `_redirects` file in the publish directory of your site. In this file, we can define our redirects with the following syntax: ``` /api/* /.netlify/functions/:splat 200 ``` In the code sample above, the asterisk (`*`) is used to indicate anything that follows `/api/` will be matched to anything that follows `/.netlify/functions/`. For example, if you are selling products and want to have an API endpoint available such as `/api/products`, it will be matched to your functions `products.js` available at `/.netlify/functions/products`. Additionally, you can add other options like a HTTP status code, query parameters, redirect by country or language, and more! For example, if you wanted to redirect to `/produits` instead of `/products` for people in France, you would specify it this way: ``` /api/produits /.netlify/functions/products 302 Country=fr ``` For more details about the different options available and how to use them, check out [our docs](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/redirect-options/). Another way to set up redirects in your app is via the `netlify.toml` file. If we take the same example as the one above, the syntax in the `netlify.toml` file would be: ``` [[redirects]] from = "/api/*" to = "/.netlify/functions/:splat" status = 200 ``` As with the `_redirects` file, you can use additional options if you need to pass headers, conditions, query parameters, and more, for more complex applications. 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