Building URLs

A Scribe Site record carries two URL-related fields that together define the root of the site’s content:

Field	Example	Meaning
site.url	"anthonycregan.co.uk"	The site’s domain (no protocol)
site.urlPrefix	"blog"	Path prefix for content — empty string if content is at the root

An article’s own slug lives in article.slug on an ArticleRef.

Article URL pattern

The canonical URL for a published article is:

https://{site.url}/{site.urlPrefix}/{group.slug}/{article.slug}

When urlPrefix is empty, the pattern is:

https://{site.url}/{group.slug}/{article.slug}

Helper function

Write a small utility function once and reuse it across your app:

import type { Site } from '@scribe-atp/core';

function articleUrl(site: Site, groupSlug: string, articleSlug: string): string {
  const base = site.urlPrefix
    ? `https://${site.url}/${site.urlPrefix}`
    : `https://${site.url}`;
  return `${base}/${groupSlug}/${articleSlug}`;
}

Usage:

const url = articleUrl(site, group.slug, article.slug);
// e.g. "https://anthonycregan.co.uk/blog/2024/my-first-post"
//   or "https://norobots.blog/2024/my-first-post"

Tip

When building internal links within your own site, use relative paths (/blog/2024/my-first-post) rather than absolute URLs. The absolute form is for canonical <link> tags, RSS items, and sitemap entries.

Looking up a site by URL

Pass the site’s canonical HTTPS URL directly to fetchSite — no slug derivation needed:

import { fetchSite } from '@scribe-atp/core';

await fetchSite('alice.bsky.social', 'https://alice.bsky.social');
await fetchSite('anthonycregan.dev', 'https://anthonycregan.co.uk');
await fetchSite('anthonycregan.dev', 'https://norobots.blog');

The toSlug utility is still exported from @scribe-atp/core for other uses, but it is no longer needed for site lookups.

Article slugs

An article’s human-readable slug is available directly on the ArticleRef object returned by fetchSite. Use article.slug — do not try to derive it from the AT URI.

const site = await fetchSite('alice.bsky.social', 'https://alice.bsky.social');

for (const group of site.groups) {
  for (const article of group.articles) {
    const url = articleUrl(site, group.slug, article.slug);
  }
}

Article rkeys are opaque TIDs (e.g. 3mp47vvkh342n) assigned by the PDS. slugFromUri returns this TID, which is not the same as the human-readable slug. Prefer article.slug over slugFromUri when building URLs.