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Can I resolve full URL to some object - entry or category, from inside Twig template?

Mind you, I don't mean searching for something by slug, but by full URL. So, for example, instead of passing 'some-slug' to function, i want to pass 'some-category/some-subcategory/some-slug'.

I need to to this, because i want to create breadcrumbs links based on craft.request.segments object. So, i need to look up for entry object for some-category, then entry for some-category/some-subcategory/ and then for some-category/some-subcategory/some-slug (well, i dont really need last one because its just page im on currently).

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    In most cases, Craft does this for you, and you'll have access to {{ entry }}, {{ category }}, etc. in your template, already. Where is this URI coming from? Commented Nov 19, 2018 at 21:13
  • I want to create breadcrumb links based on request segments. Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 19:04

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According to the EntryQuery documentation, you can search by URI.

The most basic use (searching by the complete URI) would look like this:

{% set entryWithUri = craft.entries({ uri: craft.app.request.path | literal }).one() %}

But to progressively dive into the segments (say, to create breadcrumbs like you mentioned), it takes a little more work:

{% set segments = craft.app.request.segments %} {% for segment in segments %} {% set uriPart = segments[0:loop.index] %} {% set entryAtPath = craft.entries({ uri: uriPart | join('/') | literal }).one() %} {% if entryAtPath %} {{ entryAtPath.link }} {% endif %} {% endfor %}

Supposing entryAtPath is empty, you may then need to fall back to a Category query, then a Tag query, etc. Unfortunately, there isn't a great way to fetch across Element types—which would make this a little easier.

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  • Great piece of code, thanks! I will be using it in my boilerplate template from now on. I would only change one thing - to decrease number of queries, i would add if not loop.last - last part of breadcrumb is always current category/entry so there is no need for query. One question - what does literal filter do in this situation? Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 23:48
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Usually I have a {{baseUrl}} defined in config or .env available globally; then {{baseUrl}}/{{entry.uri}}

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  • I think the question is about how to look up an entry by a full URI, not how to get the complete path/URI of an entry. Commented Nov 19, 2018 at 21:10
  • Yeas, thats what i want to do @AugustMiller Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 19:07

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