Url generation doesn't support non-default paths
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Reported by: [nickdickinsonwilde](https://www.drupal.org/user/3094661)
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Some use cases would prefer instead of `/api` the api documentation be at `/whatever/documentation` and all the dependent pages. Also, the Drupal install could be in a subfolder - in which case URL structure would be `/subfolder/api`.</p>
<p>That is easy to do with a RouteSubscriber for the base routes in a custom module - and I don't think it makes sense to have that degree of configuration exposed in a form etc although I can see that arguable both ways. However, currently almost all links will be wrong for a custom path, and some links will be wrong for a subfolder install.</p>
<p>Project links, easy to change the url pattern so not concerned about.</p>
<p>The problem with most of the rest of the links is they use Url::fromUri('internal:[path]') instead of Url::fromRoute('route', [parameters]) - or in some twig cases just /api (which will fail in subfolder installs).</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>Either install drupal in a subfolder or use an Event Subscriber ex: (very naive example)</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> </span><span style="color: #007700">protected function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">alterRoutes</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">RouteCollection $collection</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">all</span><span style="color: #007700">() as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$route</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$route</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getRequirement</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'_permission'</span><span style="color: #007700">) === </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'access API reference'</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$route</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setPath</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">str_replace</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/api/'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/work/drupal-api/'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$route</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPath</span><span style="color: #007700">()));<br> }<br> }<br> }<br><br> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/**<br> * {@inheritdoc}<br> */<br> </span><span style="color: #007700">public static function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getSubscribedEvents</span><span style="color: #007700">(): array {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$events </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">parent</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getSubscribedEvents</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$events</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">RoutingEvents</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ALTER</span><span style="color: #007700">] = [</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'onAlterRoutes'</span><span style="color: #007700">, -</span><span style="color: #0000BB">300</span><span style="color: #007700">];<br> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$events</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> }<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Use Drupal routes in link generation</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<p>Discuss if this is the right direction. At which point,<br>
Create tests that prove it works/ensures it stays working.<br>
Update existing tests to be more generic.</p>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>Breaking changes for sure. A couple functions in Formatter are changed to return Url objects instead of strings.</p>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
<p>None</p>
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