# Outgoing partial links -\> https (on the fly)? - NOT http

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**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outgoing-partial-links-https-on-the-fly-not-http/291374 "2024-01-12T00:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![mitchd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mitchd/32/270120_2.png) [@mitchd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mitchd)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outgoing-partial-links-https-on-the-fly-not-http/291374/1 "2024-01-12T00:27:58Z")

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Is there some way the back-end can turn all partial links in posts ( [example.com](http://example.com) ) into https links ( [https://www.example.com](https://www.example.com) )??

As it seems that they are made into http:// links, which leads to all sorts of mess when [http://example.com](http://example.com) outgoing requests fail for many users clicking-on from the post.

( Or, check the generated target address and amend to the correct protocol to get there? )

Thanks, first question, sorry if repeat but I can’t see anything succinctly this.  
mitch

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