By default,[React Router](https://github.com/reactjs/react-router) (not included) uses hash-based URLs like`https://example.com/index.html#/users/me/edit`. This is nice & easy when getting started with local development, but for a public app you probably want real URLs like`https://example.com/users/me/edit`.

By default,[React Router](https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router) (not included) uses hash-based URLs like`https://example.com/index.html#/users/me/edit`. This is nice & easy when getting started with local development, but for a public app you probably want real URLs like`https://example.com/users/me/edit`.

Create a`static.json` file to configure the web server for clean[`browserHistory` URLs with React Router](https://github.com/reactjs/react-router/blob/master/docs/guides/Histories.md#browserhistory):

Create a`static.json` file to configure the web server for clean[`browserHistory` URLs with React Router](https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router/blob/v3/docs/guides/Histories.md#browserhistory):

{

"root":"build/",

"clean_urls":false,

"routes": {

"/**":"index.html"

}

}

👓 See[custom routing w/ the static buildpack](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-static#custom-routes).

Enforce secure connections by automatically redirecting insecure requests to**https://**, in`static.json`: