# Shorten/re-write a link **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [November 28, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorten-re-write-a-link/68181 "2023-11-28T06:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MattGlides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MattGlides](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattGlides)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorten-re-write-a-link/68181/1 "2023-11-28T06:34:15Z")
I am generating an invoice through PDF Monkey and saving it in Glide. The customer, on their end, can then generate a list of all their invoices and the Transactions get sent to them via a CSV file which has the Date, Transaction Type and Invoice. Currently the link is showing up as “[https://storage.googleapis.com/glide-prod.appspot.com/uploads-](https://storage.googleapis.com/glide-prod.appspot.com/uploads-)”, is there a way to make a new column that can shorten/rewrite this link so I can send them that column instead and it just looks neater? TDLR; is there a column to change/shorten a URL link? ---
**Author:** ![Harsh\_Ganatra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/harsh_ganatra/32/35515_2.png) [@Harsh\_Ganatra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Harsh_Ganatra)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorten-re-write-a-link/68181/2 "2023-11-28T06:56:42Z")
2 ways you can achieve this: 1. There is a integration named “Shorten URL” in glide. 2. You can use a template and create a href tag in the template and show that column in richtext. Should work seamlessly. ---
**Author:** ![MattGlides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MattGlides](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattGlides)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorten-re-write-a-link/68181/4 "2023-11-28T07:42:48Z")
So the invoice currently gets generated as a PDF and stored, this is the text being used to convert it with an href tag: ![Screenshot 2023-11-28 093639](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/6/1685ab95bca7d969e046801f20ec058615c49ae9.png) However the statement then gets sent as a CSV, including a link to the PDF. This is how it shows up in Excel: ![Screenshot 2023-11-28 093713](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/4/14fa43bf5f3da5ee0085793478eb88f7d500100c.png) Is it because CSV is plaintext not richtext or am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Harsh\_Ganatra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/harsh_ganatra/32/35515_2.png) [@Harsh\_Ganatra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Harsh_Ganatra)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/shorten-re-write-a-link/68181/5 "2023-11-28T09:35:52Z")
Since you want it to come back as a CSV you can try the “Shorten URL” integration. The template solution is good for showing things in the Glide app itself.