Routing to transformed match - Static Site Generation

[VinayaSathyanarayana]

Describe the feature you'd like to request

Suppose I have
pages/ads/[lat]/[lon].js

I want all the following requests
pages/ads/12.3456/98.7654
pages/ads/12.3567/98.7543
pages/ads/12.3345/98.7876

to match a statically generated page (using getStaticProps )
pages/ads/12.3/98.7

Note: For simplicity - I have just truncated the digits
We can extend the use case to more sophisticated URL transformations.

How is this possible without modifying the client?

Describe the solution you'd like

The match logic for statically generated pages has to factor a predefined transformation of the URL.
The pre defined transformation could be a function that takes the arguments in square brackets and provides the new values

Describe alternatives you've considered

The option I can think of is getServerSideProps, but that does not provide the benefits of Static Site Generation

Will be really useful in a number of usecases

[VinayaSathyanarayana]

Also see #22333

[VinayaSathyanarayana]

@Timer @timneutkens @ijjk - We need to enhance rewrites with the ability to modify slugs using a custom function so that the next-server can reuse an existing pre-rendered page.

Note: If my reading of the code is correct, the handleRewrites function needs to be enhanced.
Developers should be able to provide their custom transformation function as part of the next.config.js file

Sample Use Cases:

• Truncation like in the lat, long example given above
• Simple spelling errors
• ... There are a number of interesting uses for this.

Please include it in the roadmap and prioritize it.

[VinayaSathyanarayana]

Another use case is when users request data about something - and if exact match is not available, you provide nearest match / more likely answer. In case of a ecommerce site, if a user asks for a specific perfume and if the specific perfume is not available, one can display the list of all perfumes.

[VinayaSathyanarayana]

Would request the attention of the core team for this