How to middleware handling request for /some/page.vue return render for other/page.vue

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To handle your request of rendering a different page than the one requested in the URL, you can use Nuxt's route middleware functionality. Here's how you can achieve this:

1. First, create a middleware file in your middleware directory:

// middleware/redirect.ts
export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware((to, from) => {
  if (to.path === '/some/thing') {
    return navigateTo('/other/thing')
  }
})

2. Then, apply this middleware globally in your nuxt.config.ts:

// nuxt.config.ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  routeRules: {
    '/some/thing': { middleware: 'redirect' }
  }
})

This approach will redirect the user from /some/thing to /other/thing, effectively rendering the content of /pages/other/thing.vue when /some/thing is requested.

For caching dynamic content, you can use Nuxt's built-in caching capabilities. Here's how you can set up caching for these routes:

// nuxt.config.ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  routeRules: {
    '/some/thing': { 
      middleware: 'redirect',
      swr: true // or specify a number of seconds
    },
    '/other/thing': { 
      swr: true // or specify a number of seconds
    }
  }
})

The swr option enables stale-while-revalidate caching. You can set it to true for default behavior or specify a number of seconds for the cache duration.

Nuxt Docs: Route Middleware provides more information on creating and using middleware.

Nuxt Docs: Hybrid Rendering explains how to use routeRules for caching and other route-specific behaviors.

Remember that this approach will change the URL in the browser. If you need to keep the original URL while serving different content, you might need a more complex server-side solution, which is not directly supported by Nuxt's built-in features.

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