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title: "Add a Path"
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updated: 2025-03-02T14:48:09Z
published: 2025-03-02T14:48:09Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add a Path

Use paths to define custom configuration parameters for selected content.

To add a path:

1. Navigate to the **My Media Sites** page and select the site.
2. On the **Media Site Configuration** tab, scroll to the **Hosts** area and select the host.
3. In the **Path Rules** area, select **Add Path**.

![AddPathNew.png](https://cdn.document360.io/fa039225-513b-46a1-ba78-a57a1f1cb7c6/Images/Documentation/AddPathNew.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T03%3A47%3A15Z&se=2026-11-14T04%3A47%3A15Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=QmC74h5BkQBAObIeTT9FrPHpb5sTwhHEuGH1aq6eNyY%3D)
4. Select the **Match Type**.
  - **Path Match** - The default match type.
  - **Path Regex** - Supports using a regex expression to define the match conditions.
5. Define the path pattern or regex.

**Notes about Path Regex:**

**Notes about Path Match** You can use the following wildcards to identify content based on specific patterns or variations in the URLs.

| Wildcard | Description | Pattern Examples | A match is a URI that... |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| * | matches any alphanumeric sequence, or "/" | *.m3u8 | ...ends with '.m3u8' |
|  |  | /abc/* | ...starts with '/abc/' and is followed by any characters. |
|  |  | /abc/*.m4a | ... starts with '/abc/' and ends with '.m4a' |
|  |  | /abc/def/*_*.mpd | ...starts with '/abc/def/', followed by any characters, an underscore, any characters, and ending with '.mpd' |
| ? | matches exactly one character | example.com/images/image_?.jpg | ... follows the pattern 'example.com/images/image_?.jpg' where '?' is any single character. |
  - Path Regex defines a path search.
  - Non-capturing groups are supported. Capture groups are not supported.
  - Regex wildcards such as `(?:` and `+` are supported.  

For example:  

`\.(?:ts|mp4)$` specifies any file that ends with *.ts* or *.mp4*.  

`/[0-9]+\.mp4` specifies any filename that is comprised of numeric characters and ends with *.mp4*.
  - Add the start (^) and end ($) anchors to define an exact match for a specified string. (The string itself can include wildcards.)  

For example:  

While `/file/.*\.mp4` could match both `/any/path/file/<any string>.mp4` and `/file/<any string>.mp4`  

`^/file/.*\.mp4$` would only match `/file/<any string>.mp4`
6. Select **Add Path**. The path appears in the Path Rules area of the Media Site Configuration tab. Note that the path rules in the list are numbered. [Learn why the path order matters.](/v1/docs/path-order)

[Change the Path Order](/v1/docs/change-the-path-order)

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[Add a rule](/v1/docs/add-a-rule) to customize how a request for the content specified by the path is processed.

[Configure a path origin](/v1/docs/configure-an-origin) to map the content to a different origin.

[Add an Access Control List (ACL)](/v1/docs/add-an-acl) to control access to the path content.