# url

Learn how to resolve a relative path into an absolute URL.

Resolves a relative path into an absolute URL based on the template location.

## Example

The following template prints the resolved URL of a relative path:

**template.json5**

```json5
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.croct.com/json/v1/template.json",
  "title": "URL demo",
  "description": "Prints the resolved URL of a relative path.",
  "actions": [
    {
      "name": "print",
      "message": "Resolved: ${url('./assets/config.json')}"
    }
  ]
}
```

The `url` call resolves `./assets/config.json` to its full URL based on where the template is hosted.

## Parameters

- `path`: `string`

  The path to resolve, relative to the template.

## Return

An absolute URL string.

For example, given a template hosted at:

```
https://github.com/acme/templates/blob/main/template.json5
```

Calling `url('./assets/config.json')` returns:

```
https://github.com/acme/templates/blob/main/assets/config.json
```

## Explore

- [Basename](/reference/cli/templates/functions/basename): Learn how to extract the filename from a path.
- [Expressions](/reference/cli/templates/expressions): Learn how to use dynamic values in templates.