Ask How can I redirect a domain depending on the status code?

[Brajet]

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping someone here can help me with an issue I'm experiencing related to domain redirection and Backblaze. Specifically, I want to know if it's possible to redirect a domain when someone tries to access a Backblaze URL, but the request results in an error such as 400 Bad Request or 404 Not Found. Ideally, I'd like to automatically redirect the user to a custom URL or page instead of showing the standard error response from Backblaze.

Does anyone have experience configuring this kind of behavior, either through Backblaze settings, a CDN, DNS configuration, or possibly using a web server in between? Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Anthony Joshua]

From what I've seen online, Backblaze itself doesn't give a direct way to redirect users on 400 or 404 errors. The common approach is to put something like Cloudflare or another CDN in front of your bucket. With a CDN, you can catch errors and redirect users to a custom page. It takes a bit of setup, but it works well. A lot of people suggest this method because it gives flexibility and keeps visitors from seeing ugly default error messages.

 

[Felix😎]

To redirect based on error codes like 400 or 404, you'd probably need to use a web server or a CDN in between. A CDN like Cloudflare could help—you can set up custom page rules or error pages to handle these cases. If you're using a web server, you could configure it to check the response from Backblaze and then redirect users to your custom URL when there's an error. It's doable with the right setup.