docs: dynamic canonical link

docs/src/app/material-docs-app.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import {Component, OnDestroy, ViewEncapsulation, inject} from '@angular/core';
 import {AnalyticsService} from './shared/analytics/analytics';
 import {NavigationFocusService} from './shared/navigation-focus/navigation-focus.service';
 import {Subscription} from 'rxjs';
-import {map, pairwise, startWith} from 'rxjs/operators';
-import {RouterOutlet} from '@angular/router';
+import {filter, map, pairwise, startWith} from 'rxjs/operators';
+import {NavigationEnd, Router, RouterOutlet} from '@angular/router';
 import {NavBar} from './shared/navbar/navbar';
 import {CookiePopup} from './shared/cookie-popup/cookie-popup';
+import {HeaderTagManager} from './shared/header-tag-manager';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'material-docs-app',
@@ -29,10 +30,12 @@ import {CookiePopup} from './shared/cookie-popup/cookie-popup';
 })
 export class MaterialDocsApp implements OnDestroy {
   private _subscriptions = new Subscription();
+  private _headerTagManager = inject(HeaderTagManager);
 
   constructor() {
     const analytics = inject(AnalyticsService);
     const navigationFocusService = inject(NavigationFocusService);
+    const router = inject(Router);
 
     this._subscriptions.add(
       navigationFocusService.navigationEndEvents
@@ -50,11 +53,24 @@ export class MaterialDocsApp implements OnDestroy {
           analytics.locationChanged(toUrl);
         }),
     );
+
+    router.events
+      .pipe(
+        filter((e): e is NavigationEnd => e instanceof NavigationEnd),
+        map(event => event.urlAfterRedirects),
+      )
+      .subscribe(url => {
+        this._updateCanonicalLink(url);
+      });
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
     this._subscriptions.unsubscribe();
   }
+
+  private _updateCanonicalLink(absoluteUrl: string) {
+    this._headerTagManager.setCanonical(absoluteUrl);
+  }
 }
 
 function resetScrollPosition() {

docs/src/app/shared/header-tag-manager.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import {DOCUMENT} from '@angular/common';
+import {Injectable, inject} from '@angular/core';
+
+const MAT_ANGULAR_DEV = 'https://material.angular.dev';
+
+/**
+ * Information about the deployment of this application.
+ */
+@Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
+export class HeaderTagManager {
+  private readonly _document = inject(DOCUMENT);
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the canonical link in the header.
+   * It supposes the header link is already present in the index.html
+   *
+   * The function behave invariably and will always point to angular.dev,
+   * no matter if it's a specific version build
+   */
+  setCanonical(absolutePath: string): void {
+    const pathWithoutFragment = this._normalizePath(absolutePath).split('#')[0];
+    const fullPath = `${MAT_ANGULAR_DEV}/${pathWithoutFragment}`;
+    this._document.querySelector('link[rel=canonical]')?.setAttribute('href', fullPath);
+  }
+
+  private _normalizePath(path: string): string {
+    if (path[0] === '/') {
+      return path.substring(1);
+    }
+    return path;
+  }
+}