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Canonical tag in generateMetadata for static export

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averydelusionalperson posted this in #help-forum
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averydelusionalpersonOP
So, I have this generateMetadata function in layout.tsx

export const generateMetadata = () => {
  const siteURL = "https://srisaitravels.ymtsindia.net";

  return {
    metadataBase: new URL(siteURL),
    alternates: {
      canonical: `/`,
    },
  };
};

How can I generate this canonical tag for every page on the build with static exports, I can't use headers to get pathName, cause this is static export.

Any Ideas?
Answered by riský
i mean, on every page you can have the generateMetadate/matadata with the right canonical
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averydelusionalpersonOP
If I'm on about page, I want the canonical tag as website_url/about, help = website_url/help, etc.
I searched ways to do it, without making all pages dynamic, so far couldn't find anything, so thought to ask in the discord server, might get cleared if I can do it or not.
Plott Hound
you should be able to access it from the headers https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/functions/headers
something like this 
const headersList = headers();
  const pathName =
    headersList.get('x-url') || headersList.get('x-invoke-path') || '';
averydelusionalpersonOP
yeah, IK I can use headers, but it won't work for static export
IG there is no solution as of now
Plott Hound
yeah without hard coding them
sorry i missed that you were trying to static export
riský
i mean, on every page you can have the generateMetadate/matadata with the right canonical
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@riský i mean, on every page you can have the generateMetadate/matadata with the right canonical
averydelusionalpersonOP
What if I have 100's of pages, can't add metadata to each page.
riský
make an automated script or don't do it ig
riský
do you not have any metadata in pages already?
averydelusionalpersonOP
no
I'll prolly update it manually, or write some quick node script
thanks for the idea
averydelusionalpersonOP
you don't have any other response, do you lol? I swear you respond "yay nice" every single time
riský
well its nice
hmm whats a better response... thats good to hear... i hope it works well
averydelusionalpersonOP
noice is better
riský
(but honesly i think its easy to respond quickly and convay that im happy its fixed)
averydelusionalpersonOP
fake happiness 🙂