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Pathauto can create path aliases for the node page. For example, it can change node/[nid] to project/[nid], where project is the content type. It doesn't change the path for the node edit page, which is still node/[nid]/edit, instead of project/[nid]/edit as I would expect it to be.

How could I set the path alias to project/[nid]/edit for the node edit page in Drupal 8, when the content type is project?

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  • Can you describe why you want to change node edit url? because all CRUD operation have some specific route provided by their module. You don't need to alter them.
    – Yogesh Kushwaha
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 7:44
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    Simple answer: you can't (with a module or config, this would require custom coding)
    – Hudri
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 7:55
  • @Hudri – So, actually you can. The question is how.
    – leymannx
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 8:06
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    Take a look at this tutorial. This adds an alternative path to edit routes, but it does not replace the existing ones
    – Hudri
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 8:20
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    This is not possible by routing. You need an outbound path processor to make links content type aware, see drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/259326/…, in your case inbound too, see drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/213855/… and finally Global Redirect now merged into Redirect.
    – 4uk4
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 7:48

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Use a src/Routing/RouteSubscriber.php file in your module.

namespace Drupal\example\Routing;

use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteSubscriberBase;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;

/**
 * Listens to the dynamic route events.
 */
class RouteSubscriber extends RouteSubscriberBase {

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected function alterRoutes(RouteCollection $collection) {
    if ($route = $collection->get('entity.node.edit_form')) {
      $route->setPath('/project/{node}/edit');
    }
  }

}

Use a example.services.yml file in your module (if the module is named example).

services:
  example.route_subscriber:
    class: Drupal\example\Routing\RouteSubscriber
    tags:
      - { name: event_subscriber }

https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/routing-system/altering-existing-routes-and-adding-new-routes-based-on-dynamic-ones

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    Yes, the proposal works! But it applies to all content types and nodes. Suppose there are two content types: project and investor, could I achieve both 'project/nid/edit' and 'investor/nid/edit' ? Thanks a lot!
    – Basic
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 14:54
  • I spent my morning attempting to figure out how to set the edit path differently for each individual content type. Unfortunately I came up short and compromised on using a single path that all of my content types would use (e.g. "/my_posts/edit/{node}". I'd love to know if anyone else out there knows how to do this.
    – mrlexington
    Commented Oct 25, 2019 at 16:26
  • What described by @4k4 in his comment is the way I would go for it.
    – avpaderno ♦
    Commented Jun 10, 2021 at 20:52
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There is a module for that: Sub-Pathauto

From the module page:

The Drupal Path module matches only full URLs when creating SEO-friendly aliases. This module extends that behavior by also matching known sub-paths and replacing them with their respective alias. For example, if user/1 is aliased to users/admin, this module rewrites the link to the user contact page user/1/contact to use the aliased URL users/admin/contact instead.

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