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FUNCTIONS URL FUNCTIONS

urls.RelRef

Returns the relative permalink to a page at the given path.

Syntax

urls.RelRef PAGE PATH
urls.RelRef PAGE OPTIONS

Returns

string

Alias

relref

The first argument is the context of the page from which to resolve relative paths, typically the current page.

The second argument is a path to a page, with or without a file extension, with or without an anchor. A path without a leading / is first resolved relative to the given context, then to the remainder of the site. Alternatively, provide an options map instead of a path. .

{{ relref . "about" }}
{{ relref . "about#anchor" }}
{{ relref . "about.md" }}
{{ relref . "about.md#anchor" }}
{{ relref . "#anchor" }}
{{ relref . "/blog/my-post" }}
{{ relref . "/blog/my-post.md" }}

The permalink returned is relative to the protocol+host portion of the baseURL specified in the site configuration. For example:

Code baseURL Permalink
{{ relref . "/about" }} https://example.org/ /about/
{{ relref . "/about" }} https://example.org/x/ /x/about/

Options

Instead of specifying a path, you can also provide an options map:

path
(string) The path to the page, relative to the content directory. Required.
lang
(string) The language (site) to search for the page. Default is the current language. Optional.
outputFormat
(string) The output format to search for the page. Default is the current output format. Optional.

To return the relative permalink to another language version of a page:

{{ relref . (dict "path" "about.md" "lang" "fr") }}

To return the relative permalink to another Output Format of a page:

{{ relref . (dict "path" "about.md" "outputFormat" "rss") }}

By default, Hugo will throw an error and fail the build if it cannot resolve the path. You can change this to a warning in your site configuration, and specify a URL to return when the path cannot be resolved.

hugo.
     
refLinksErrorLevel: warning
refLinksNotFoundURL: /some/other/url
refLinksErrorLevel = 'warning'
refLinksNotFoundURL = '/some/other/url'
{
   "refLinksErrorLevel": "warning",
   "refLinksNotFoundURL": "/some/other/url"
}

See also

  • urls.Ref
  • Ref
  • RelRef

In this section

  • urls.AbsLangURL
  • urls.AbsURL
  • urls.Anchorize
  • urls.JoinPath
  • urls.Parse
  • urls.Ref
  • urls.RelLangURL
  • urls.RelRef
  • urls.RelURL
  • urls.URLize
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