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title: Base URL
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# Base URL
It's common to route all images under the path `/img/`. However, since Glide maps image request paths directly to the image source paths, you would have to have an `/img/` folder in your source location as well. For example:
~~~ js
'http://example.com/img/kayaks.jpg' => '/path/to/source/img/kayaks.jpg'
'http://example.com/img/users/jonathan.jpg' => '/path/to/source/img/users/jonathan.jpg'
~~~
Since this isn't ideal, Glide allows you to define a `base_url` which is omitted from the source path.
## Set the base URL
~~~ php
<?php
// Set using factory
$server = League\Glide\ServerFactory::create([
'base_url' => '/img/',
]);
// Set using setter method
$server->setBaseUrl('/img/');
~~~
With the base URL configured, the new image source paths will no longer include `/img/`.
~~~ js
'http://example.com/img/kayaks.jpg' => '/path/to/source/kayaks.jpg'
'http://example.com/img/users/jonathan.jpg' => '/path/to/source/users/jonathan.jpg'
~~~
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