Links in newsletter get hashed with `/r/{hash}`

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Hi, I’m using Ghost as a completely headless CMS for https://shaunchander.me. I would also like to use the newsletter functionality to let my audience know when I post new content to my site.

The issue I have though is that Ghost changes links in newsletter URLs. For example, if I place a link in a newsletter to direct to https://shaunchander.me, the link gets changed to something like in the screenshot below:

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Clicking on this leads to a 404 on my site (since I don’t have route generated for this URL).

Is there a way I can resolve the URL back to what it’s supposed to be or just disable this hashing all together? Thanks!

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I’m not sure if you can disable it, but for context, the redirect exists to allow you to fix broken links in the admin panel, and (if enabled) track clicks

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I get that, how would I go about resolving the URL if I’m using a custom frontend?

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I’m not sure how well-suited Ghost is for using a custom frontend with memberships.

The simplest option would be to have a serverless function that calls back to your Ghost instance. I’m not sure if the content API exposes this data.