Apache mod_rewrite redirect file type to another domain

Question

How can I use mod_rewrite to send requests for a particular file type to another domain name (server)?

Example:

If you request http://example.com/potato.png then it'll redirect to http://anotherdomain.com/potato.png.

Answer 1

Here's a quick solution to redirect images with jpg, gif or png extension to anotherdomain.com

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|png)$ http://anotherdomain.com/%{REQUEST_URI} [NC,R=301,L]