How to remove routes added by other vendormodules in SilverStripe 4?

Question

I have installed the Blog module for SilverStripe 4, but do not want all the different routes that it has available.

I want to remove for instance the "profile", "archive" and "tag" routes. Those routes are defined by the module's BlogController class.

How can I ensure these are replaced with a HTTP 404 response?

Answer 1

Within your_module_folder/_config/config.yml_if you indicate it should be processed After the blog module and you define those routes it should overwrite them:

---
name: your_module
After:
  - 'blog/*'
---
SilverStripe\Control\Director:
  rules:
    'profile/': 'MyCustomController'
    'archive/': 'MyCustomController'
    'tag/': 'MyCustomController'

Please review the routing documentation

The controller should only have one action that throws a 404 http error.

use SilverStripe\Control\Director;
use SilverStripe\View\Requirements;

class MyCustomController extends Controller {

    private static $allowed_actions = ['index'];

    public function index(HTTPRequest $request) {
        return $this->httpError(404, "Not Found");
    }
}