IOL and UserID
Hello. I've added basic IOL functionality to an app, but I'm admittedly new to it. In a form, when a user dropdown changes, I want to run API_GetUserInfo for the user chosen in the dropdown and then ...
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If you're setting it up to run from a button - you can throw some jQuery in a formula-url and make your api call - parse the response - and throw that in your field. Since your question is specific to how to get the user ID - here is an example of how you might do it in QB (using a formula-url) --
The $.get makes the API call - then as I typed it above should parse it out and log it to your console. From there - you can make another API_EditRecord call with another $.get request and store the true value of the userid in a field somewhere or take whatever action you need from there.
Chayce Duncan | Technical Lead
(720) 739-1406 | chayceduncan@quandarycg.com
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var text url = "https://yourrealm.quickbase.com/db/main?a=API_GetUserInfo&email=youremail";
"javascript: {
$.get('" & $url & "', function(response, success) {
var userId = response.getElementsByTagName('user')[0].getAttribute('id');
console.log(userId);
})}"
The $.get makes the API call - then as I typed it above should parse it out and log it to your console. From there - you can make another API_EditRecord call with another $.get request and store the true value of the userid in a field somewhere or take whatever action you need from there.
Chayce Duncan | Technical Lead
(720) 739-1406 | chayceduncan@quandarycg.com
Quandary Knowledge Base