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description: Create a transform rule to rewrite the request path from `/blog` to `/blog?sort-by=date`.
title: Rewrite URL query string
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# Rewrite URL query string

Create a transform rule to rewrite the request path from `/blog` to `/blog?sort-by=date`.

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To rewrite a request to the `/blog` path to `/blog?sort-by=date`, create a URL rewrite rule with the following settings:

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
http.request.uri.path == "/blog"
```

Text after **Query** \> **Rewrite to** \> _Static_:

```txt
sort-by=date
```

Additionally, set the path rewrite action of the same rule to _Preserve_ so that the URL path does not change.

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