Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

GetQueryStringValue ( keyName ; sourceUrl )

Given a full URL and name of a key, returns the given key's value out of the entire URL.

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  Sample input:
GetQueryStringValue ( "reqid" ; "https://example.com/support.php?pg=request&reqid=38842" )
  Sample output:
38842

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

UPDATED 2014-09-03 with better version from commenter "unix" from Japan.

When given a full URL (including a querystring), and the name of a specific key in that querystring, this function will return the value associated with that key. Especially useful in conjunction with the GetLayoutObjectAttribute( "webviewerName" ; "Source" ) function, which can get the URL of a page to which the user has navigated.

 

Comments

unix   unix, Japan
Sep 2, 2014
Let ([
~key = keyName ;
~url = sourceUrl ;

~params = Replace ( ~url ; 1 ; Position ( ~url & "?" ; "?" ; 1 ; 1 ) ; "" ) ; //get after "?"
~params = Left ( ~params ; Position ( ~params & "#" ; "#" ; 1 ; 1 ) - 1 ) ; //get before "#"
~params = ¶ & Substitute ( ~params ; "&" ; ¶ ) ; //separate key=value with ¶
~pos = Position ( ~params ; ¶ & ~key & "=" ; 1 ; 1 )
] ;
Case ( ~pos ; GetValue ( Substitute ( Replace ( ~params ; 1 ; ~pos ; "" ) ; "=" ; ¶ ) ; 2 ) )
)
 

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