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| 396212021 | MDU6SXNzdWUzOTYyMTIwMjE= | 394 | base_url configuration setting | 9599 | closed | 0 | 5234079 | 27 | 2019-01-05T23:48:48Z | 2020-06-11T09:15:20Z | 2020-03-25T00:18:45Z | OWNER | I've identified a couple of use-cases for running Datasette in a way that over-rides the default way that internal URLs are generated. 1. Running behind a reverse proxy. I tried running Datasette behind a proxy and found that some of the generated internal links incorrectly referenced `http://127.0.0.1:8001/fixtures/...` - when they should have been referencing `http://my-host.my-domain.com/fixtures/...` - this is a problem both for links within the HTML interface but also for the `toggle_url` keys returned in the JSON as part of the facets datastructure. 2. I would like it to be possible to host a Datasette instance at e.g. `https://www.mynewspaper.com/interactives/2018/election-results/` - either through careful HTTP proxying or, once Datasette has been ported to ASGI, by mounting a Datasette ASGI instance deep within an existing set of URL routes. I'm going to add a `url_prefix` configuration option. This will default to `""`, which means Datasette will behave as it does at the moment - it will use `/` for most URL prefixes in the HTML version, and an absolute URL derived from the incoming `Host` header for URLs that are returned as part of the JSON output. If `url_prefix` is set to another value (either a full URL or a path) then this path will be appended to all generated URLs. | 107914493 | issue | {"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/394/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0} | completed |