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fallow axle
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import { type CollectionEntry, getCollection } from "astro:content";
import Post from "../../../layouts/Post.astro";

export async function getStaticPaths() {
const posts = await getCollection("blog");
return posts.map((post) => ({
params: { slug: post.slug },
props: post,
}));
}
type Props = CollectionEntry<"blog">;

const post = Astro.props;
const { Content } = await post.render();

<Post {...post.data}>
<Content />
</Post>

bold mangoBOT
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To serve your markdown content in different languages without adding an additional language prefix in the URL, you can use Astro's built-in support for i18n routing along with content collections and dynamic routing.

Firstly, you need to create a directory for each language you want to support. For example, en/ and fr/ if you are supporting English and French. Inside these directories, you can place your markdown files for each language.

- Directorysrc/
  - Directorypages/
    - Directory**en/**
      - about.astro
      - index.astro
    - Directory**fr/**
      - about.astro
      - index.astro
    - index.astro

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/i18n#set-up-pages-for-each-language))

Then, you can set up src/pages/index.astro to redirect to your default language.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=/en/" />

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/i18n#set-up-pages-for-each-language))

Astro’s i18n routing also allows you to configure a fallback routing strategy. When a page in one language doesn’t exist (e.g. a page that is not yet translated), instead of displaying a 404 page, you can redirect a user from one locale to another on a per-language basis.

import { defineConfig } from "astro/config"
export default defineConfig({ 
  i18n: { 
    defaultLocale: "en", 
    locales: ["es", "en", "fr"], 
    fallback: { fr: "es" } 
  }
})

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/internationalization#fallback))

In your case, you can modify the href in your mapping to include the language directory like so:

fallow axle
bold mangoBOT
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{
  posts.map((post) => (
    <li>
      <a href={`en/projects/${post.slug}/`}>
        <img
          width={720}
          height={360}
          src={post.data.heroImage}
          alt=""
        />
        <h4 class="title">{post.data.title}</h4>
        <p class="date">
          <FormattedDate
            date={post.data.pubDate}
          />{" "}
          - <ReadingTime body={post.body} />
        </p>
      </a>
    </li>
  ))
}

This way, when a user clicks on a post, they will be redirected to the post in the correct language without an additional language prefix in the URL.

Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon:

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fallow axle
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@bold mango i want to url to be
domain.com/en/projects/nbodysimulation
not
domain.com/en/projects/en/nbodysimulation ? is that possible

import { type CollectionEntry, getCollection } from "astro:content";
import Post from "../../../layouts/Post.astro";

export async function getStaticPaths() {
const posts = await getCollection("blog");
return posts.map((post) => ({
params: { slug: post.slug },
props: post,
}));
}
type Props = CollectionEntry<"blog">;

const post = Astro.props;
const { Content } = await post.render();

<Post {...post.data}>
<Content />
</Post>

bold mangoBOT
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Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books:

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Yes, it is possible to achieve the URL structure you want. You can use Astro's built-in support for i18n routing along with content collections and dynamic routing.

Firstly, you need to create a directory for each language you want to support. For example, en/ and fr/ if you are supporting English and French. Inside these directories, you can place your markdown files for each language.

- Directorysrc/
  - Directorypages/
    - Directory**en/**
      - about.astro
      - index.astro
    - Directory**fr/**
      - about.astro
      - index.astro
    - index.astro

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/i18n#set-up-pages-for-each-language))

Then, you can set up src/pages/index.astro to redirect to your default language.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=/en/" />

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/i18n#set-up-pages-for-each-language))

Astro’s i18n routing also allows you to configure a fallback routing strategy. When a page in one language doesn’t exist (e.g. a page that is not yet translated), instead of displaying a 404 page, you can redirect a user from one locale to another on a per-language basis.

import {{ defineConfig }} from "astro/config"
export default defineConfig({{ 
  i18n: {{ 
    defaultLocale: "en", 
    locales: ["es", "en", "fr"], 
    fallback: {{ fr: "es" }} 
  }}
}})

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/internationalization#fallback))

In your case, you can modify the href in your mapping to include the language directory like so:

# 
{{
  posts.map((post) => (
    <li>
      <a href={{`en/projects/${{post.slug}}/`}}>
        <img
          width={{720}}
          height={{360}}
          src={{post.data.heroImage}}
          alt=""
        />
        <h4 class="title">{{post.data.title}}</h4>
        <p class="date">
          <FormattedDate
            date={{post.data.pubDate}}
          />{{" "}}
          - <ReadingTime body={{post.body}} />
        </p>
      </a>
    </li>
  ))
}}

This way, when a user clicks on a post, they will be redirected to the post in the correct language without an additional language prefix in the URL.

Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon:

fallow axle
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@bold mango i have my content inside contents/en/projects

bold mangoBOT
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Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books:

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If your content is structured in a way that you have language-specific directories inside your src/content/ directory, you can still achieve the desired URL structure.

Your content structure would look something like this:

- Directorysrc/
  - Directorycontent/
    - Directory**en/**
      - Directory**projects/**
        - nbodysimulation.md
    - Directory**fr/**
      - Directory**projects/**
        - nbodysimulation.md

(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/content-collections/))

In your Astro component, you can then fetch the correct content based on the language and slug. Here's an example of how you can do this:

---
import { getCollection } from 'astro:content';

const lang = Astro.request.url.pathname.split('/')[1]; // get the language from the URL
const posts = await getCollection(`/${lang}/projects/`); // fetch the correct content based on the language
---

{{
  posts.map((post) => (
    <li>
      <a href={{`/${lang}/projects/${post.slug}/`}}>
        <img
          width={{720}}
          height={{360}}
          src={{post.data.heroImage}}
          alt=""
        />
        <h4 class="title">{{post.data.title}}</h4>
        <p class="date">
          <FormattedDate
            date={{post.data.pubDate}}
          />{{" "}}
          - <ReadingTime body={{post.body}} />
        </p>
      </a>
    </li>
  ))
}}

This way, when a user clicks on a post, they will be redirected to the post in the correct language without an additional language prefix in the URL. The URL will be domain.com/en/projects/nbodysimulation as you wanted.

Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: