Define a fallback route when no Statamic routes apply

[tubsn]

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone has an Idea how to create a "default" route (with a controller that includes a mappingtable for old SEO-URLs) which is only applied, when there is no "Statamic" route defined for that url.

eg:
www.url.de/collection/article
(known Statamic Route - normal behavoir)
-> default Statamic Controller

www.url.de/my-old-link-with-seo-relevance
(called only, when there is no article with the slug 'my-old-link-with-seo-relevance')
-> MappingDatabase Controller

I tried the laravel routing, but it gets called prior to the statamic routes.
Thanks for your help

[edalzell]

use the 404 template?

[tubsn]

hey thanks for the reply, I thought about that but I was hoping for a solution on the controller level :/

[edalzell]

Just had another thought you could make a middleware that checks to see if the content exists, then redirects appropriately when not?

It's a bit hacky cuz that code would be run twice (once in your middleware and once in the Statamic's FrontendController), but might work for you?

[tubsn]

I think I´ll try the errorpage solution maybe I can sneak myself in somewhere before the template gets rendered.