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diff --git a/docs/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md b/docs/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md index d9818fcaf..11d540bde 100644 --- a/docs/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md +++ b/docs/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md @@ -1,27 +1,61 @@ --- title: absLangURL -description: Adds the absolute URL with correct language prefix according to site configuration for multilingual. -date: 2017-02-01 -publishdate: 2017-02-01 -lastmod: 2017-02-01 +description: Returns an absolute URL with a language prefix, if any. categories: [functions] menu: docs: - parent: "functions" -keywords: [multilingual,i18n,urls] + parent: functions +keywords: [urls, multilingual,i18n] signature: ["absLangURL INPUT"] -workson: [] -hugoversion: -relatedfuncs: [relLangURL] -deprecated: false -aliases: [] --- -Both `absLangURL` and [`relLangURL`](/functions/rellangurl/) are similar to their [`absURL`](/functions/absurl/) and [`relURL`](/functions/relurl) relatives but will add the correct language prefix when the site is configured with more than one language. +Use this function with both monolingual and multilingual configurations. The URL returned by this function depends on: -So for a site `baseURL` set to `https://example.com/hugo/` and the current language is `en`: +- Whether the input begins with a slash +- The `baseURL` in site configuration +- The language prefix, if any +In examples that follow, the project is multilingual with content in both Español (`es`) and English (`en`). The default language is Español. The returned values are from the English site. + +### Input does not begin with a slash + +If the input does not begin with a slash, the resulting URL will be correct regardless of the `baseURL`. + +With `baseURL = https://example.org/` + +```go-html-template +{{ absLangURL "" }} → https://example.org/en/ +{{ absLangURL "articles" }} → https://example.org/en/articles +{{ absLangURL "style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css +``` + +With `baseURL = https://example.org/docs/` + +```go-html-template +{{ absLangURL "" }} → https://example.org/docs/en/ +{{ absLangURL "articles" }} → https://example.org/docs/en/articles +{{ absLangURL "style.css" }} → https://example.org/docs/en/style.css ``` -{{ "blog/" | absLangURL }} → "https://example.com/hugo/en/blog/" -{{ "blog/" | relLangURL }} → "/hugo/en/blog/" + +### Input begins with a slash + +If the input begins with a slash, the resulting URL will be incorrect when the `baseURL` includes a subdirectory. With a leading slash, the function returns a URL relative to the protocol+host section of the `baseURL`. + +With `baseURL = https://example.org/` + +```go-html-template +{{ absLangURL "/" }} → https://example.org/en/ +{{ absLangURL "/articles" }} → https://example.org/en/articles +{{ absLangURL "/style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css ``` + +With `baseURL = https://example.org/docs/` + +```go-html-template +{{ absLangURL "/" }} → https://example.org/en/ +{{ absLangURL "/articles" }} → https://example.org/en/articles +{{ absLangURL "/style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css + +{{% note %}} +The last three examples are not desirable in most situations. As a best practice, never include a leading slash when using this function. +{{% /note %}} |