urls.AbsLangURL

Use this function with both monolingual and multilingual configurations. The URL returned by this function depends on:

• Whether the input begins with a slash (/)
• The baseURL in your project configuration
• The language prefix, if any

This is the project configuration for the examples that follow:

{{< code-toggle file=hugo >}} defaultContentLanguage = 'en' defaultContentLanguageInSubdir = true [languages.en] weight = 1 [languages.es] weight = 2 {{< /code-toggle >}}

Input does not begin with a slash

If the input does not begin with a slash, the path in the resulting URL will be relative to the baseURL in your project configuration.

When rendering the en site with baseURL = https://example.org/

{{ absLangURL "" }}           → https://example.org/en/
{{ absLangURL "articles" }}   → https://example.org/en/articles
{{ absLangURL "style.css" }}  → https://example.org/en/style.css

When rendering the en site with baseURL = https://example.org/docs/

{{ absLangURL "" }}           → https://example.org/docs/en/
{{ absLangURL "articles" }}   → https://example.org/docs/en/articles
{{ absLangURL "style.css" }}  → https://example.org/docs/en/style.css

Input begins with a slash

If the input begins with a slash, the path in the resulting URL will be relative to the protocol+host of the baseURL in your project configuration.

When rendering the en site with baseURL = https://example.org/

{{ absLangURL "/" }}          → https://example.org/en/
{{ absLangURL "/articles" }}  → https://example.org/en/articles
{{ absLangURL "/style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css

When rendering the en site with baseURL = https://example.org/docs/

{{ absLangURL "/" }}          → https://example.org/en/
{{ absLangURL "/articles" }}  → https://example.org/en/articles
{{ absLangURL "/style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css

[!note] As illustrated by the previous example, using a leading slash is rarely desirable and can lead to unexpected outcomes. In nearly all cases, omit the leading slash.