---
title: Updating the printable and clickable URIs
slug: '86'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/86/
collection: index-content
source_format: adoc
---
# Updating the printable and clickable URIs
The following pre-conversion [indexing pipeline extension (IPE)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/206/) script sample updates the [item](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) printable and clickable URIs.

> **Note**
>
> The following script sample assumes that your extension is already applied to a source.
> If you haven't yet applied the extension to a source, refer to [this article](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1936/) first.

```python
from functools import reduce
​
def get_flattened_meta():
    flattened = dict()
    for metadata in document.get_meta_data():
        for metadata_name, metadata_values in metadata.values.items():
            lowercase_metadata_name = metadata_name.lower()
            if len(metadata_values) == 1:
                flattened[lowercase_metadata_name] = metadata_values[0]
            elif len(metadata_values) > 1:
                flattened[lowercase_metadata_name] = ";".join([str(value) for value in metadata_values])
    return flattened
​
def search_and_replace_from_list(string_replacements, original_string):
    return reduce(lambda current_value, key_name: str(current_value).replace(key_name, string_replacements[key_name]),
                  string_replacements,
                  original_string or '')
​
uri_replacements = {
    "value_to_replace:": "replacement_value",
    # ...
}
​
meta_data = get_flattened_meta()
# Update the item printable URI (the URI the user sees on a search result).
document.add_meta_data({'printableuri':search_and_replace_from_list(uri_replacements, meta_data['printableuri']
                               if 'printableuri' in meta_data else '')})
# Update the item clickable URI (the URI that's opened when a user clicks a search result title).
document.add_meta_data({'clickableuri':search_and_replace_from_list(uri_replacements, meta_data['clickableuri']
                               if 'clickableuri' in meta_data else '')})
```

## Example

You have a Web [source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/246/) containing content about your favorite movies.
When users click one of those movies, they're currently redirected as per the URIs extracted by the [crawlers](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2121/).
You want to overwrite those URIs to instead redirect users to your personal web site.

**Sample movie metadata**

```json
{
  // ...
  "title": "Ex Machina",
  "data": "Caleb Smith, a young programmer, gets a chance to become a part of a strange scientific experiment where he is expected to assess artificial intelligence by interacting with a female robot.",
  "author": "Alex Garland",
  "theaters": ["The Universe Cinema", "The Prodigy Theatre", "The Ornate Opera House"],
  "clickableuri": "http://ilovemovies.com/movies-details/ex-machina.html",
  "printableuri": "http://ilovemovies.com/movies-details/ex-machina.html"
  // ...
}
```

The new item appears in the [**Content Browser**](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/browser/) ([platform-ca](https://platform-ca.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/browser/) | [platform-eu](https://platform-eu.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/browser/) | [platform-au](https://platform-au.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/browser/)) as such:

![Item in Content Browser before extension is applied](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/index-content/updating-the-printable-and-clickable-uris-1.png)

You configure the pre-conversion extension script with the following URIs:

```python
uri_replacements = {
  "http:": "https:",
  "ilovemovies.": "moviemania.",
  "/movies-details": "/movies"
}
```

You rebuild your source, and as a result the new item appears in the **Content Browser** as such:

![Item in Content Browser after extension is applied](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/index-content/updating-the-printable-and-clickable-uris-2.png)