Windows redirect url and path to another url

As per my other question (that unfortunately is unanswered as of writing this) I am trying to find a way that I can set up a local redirect on my machine so when a website is hit either via browser or console it is redirect to another of my choice.

I've tried doing this from the hosts file but for some reason it wont work but I assume the hosts file cannot accept paths

Example:

https://github.com/airbrake/airbrake-js    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask

So the stackoverflow link would redirect to the github link if accessed via the webbrowser or a local application.

Is there anyway this is possible?

Thanks