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ForrestParker
Qrew Cadet
7 years ago

Create a button that gets the UserID for the user in a user field and then write that information to a field in the same record

Hello Quick Base Community.   I am wanting to get the UserID for a user with the click of a button.  Using the API_GetUserInfo, I can pull the UserID, copy it and then paste it somewhere, but what ...
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ForrestParker's avatar
ForrestParker
Qrew Cadet
7 years ago
Ultimately I want to add a user to an app through a formula url button.  The api for that is API_AddUserToRole.  This requires the UserID which is not accessible through a formula function; at least that I am aware of.
  • PatrickDunn's avatar
    PatrickDunn
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    7 years ago
    Forrest, I'm after the exact same thing. Did you ever find a solution?
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    7 years ago
    Try using the the email address.
  • PatrickDunn's avatar
    PatrickDunn
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    7 years ago
    Using email in place of userid in the API_AddUserToRole call returns an invalid input error message. I can't figure out how to capture the userID via API_GetUserInfo and then pass that into a API_AddUsertoRole call. Thoughts?