---
title: "💠fastapi https url_for"
description: "!None"
date: 2024-03-24
published: true
tags:
- fastapi
- webdev
- thought
template: link
---
![[None]]
jinja's `url_for` in fastapi does not account for https by default, there is
probably a better way, but this is a way that allows me to configure when I use
http vs https.
``` python
@pass_context
def https_url_for(context: dict, name: str, **path_params: Any) -> str:
"""
always convert http to https
"""
request = context["request"]
http_url = request.url_for(name, **path_params)
return str(http_url).replace("http", "https", 1)
def get_templates(config: BaseSettings) -> Jinja2Templates:
templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="templates")
templates.env.globals["https_url_for"] = https_url_for
## only use the default url_for for local development, for dev, qa, and prod use https
if os.environ.get("ENV") in ["dev", "qa", "prod"]:
templates.env.globals["url_for"] = https_url_for
console.print("Using HTTPS")
else:
console.print("Using HTTP")
return templates
```
!!! note
This post is a thought. It's a short note that I make
about someone else's content online #thoughts