Mobile Redirect to a Report
I have an application that where the Users are answering questions on the mobile EOTI. I have built links in the question records for executes an API call that records the answer.
I need the ...
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Yeah. That's the way I have it working too. But I don' think there is any way to allow the user to input, then redirect (NextURL). I think the only way you can do that is if you use the code page itself to create a screen where the user inputs.
If you ever figure out a way on mobile to redirect after user input, let me know!
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Mike Tamoush
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What type of input are you trying to collect? To be honest I skimmed most of the above - but the most recent comment looks like API button to code page to control the redirect, collect new input then redirect again.
To your comment above - you could have the code page collect info before it redirects - simple HTML inputs and post that to QB and redirect on success would suffice. Does API_GenAddRecord along with the z param work on mobile? You could perhaps try and have the user add a record into some kind of staging table that they can add data to and redirect with z - then use a webhook or Pipeline to move the data added into the record you actually want. Its quirky but allows you to control the redirect (if z= works in mobile)
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Chayce Duncan
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Chayce - Interesting idea. If I remember, the z param redirect is also buggy on mobile (like everything else). If the GenAddRecord with Z param is pushed when the record is in view mode, the z param return works. When the record is in edit mode, the z param does not work. Ive reported the bug, but of course they dont care....
I believe the only way right now would be like you said, collect the input with the code page. There is an example code page that does this, but it only allows for one input, and it wont allow for dropdowns etc, just a simple text fill. I think this type of thing would take some signficant work. But still and interesting idea trying to manipulate the z param return....
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Mike Tamoush
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Chayce Duncan
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https://resources.quickbase.com/db/bq8meiyhh?a=dr&key=4
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Mike Tamoush
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<form onSubmit="run();"><div class="form-group"><label for="input">Please provide some input</label><input class="form-control" id="input" autofocus><label for="dateInput">Please provide some date input</label><input type="date" class="form-control" id="dateInput" autofocus><label for="select">Please provide some Multiple Choice input</label><select class="form-control" id="select" autofocus><option value="option1">Option 1</option><option value="option2">Option 2</option><option value="option3">Option 3</option></select></div><a class="btn btn-primary" onclick="run()" role="button">Submit</a><a class="btn" onclick="window.location.href = document.referrer;" role="button">Cancel</a></form>Then your script would look something like this where you have to actually build the URL for the API call as opposed to just appending the inputconst input = document.getElementById('input').value;const dateInput = document.getElementById('dateInput').value;const select = document.getElementById('select').value;
let urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);//let url = urlParams.get('url') + encodeURIComponent(input);let url = "https://yourrealm.quickbase.com/db/yourdbid?a=API_EditRecord_fid_firstFid=" + input + "&_fid_secondFid=" + dateInput + "&_fid_thirdFid=" + selectThat's the gist anyway. Full disclaimer that I didn't save this anywhere and I did 0 testing but that's the general concept you'd be targeting.
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Chayce Duncan
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