Markdown links without need for text link

Question

I would like to have links in my markdown files, without the need of specifyng a text link, such us:

[text link](https://sample_url)

Is there a way to do so without duplicating the URL?

[https://sample_url](https://sample_url)

As URLs might change over time and I would like to avoid having to change them twice.

(Sharing the question as it took me a while to find an answer)

Possible duplicate of [Is there a syntax for links with no text in Markdown?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24887301/is-there-a-syntax-for-links-with-no-text-in-markdown) — ChrisGPT was on strike, Sep 01 '19 at 17:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 25 '21 at 11:35

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You can use

<https://sample_url>

It will also be rendered properly with mkdocs

edited Apr 25 '21 at 11:35

mit

answered Aug 30 '19 at 11:22

vabada

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These are called [automatic links](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#autolink) and are clearly defined in the Markdown Syntax Rules. – Waylan Aug 30 '19 at 17:11

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