WebApp with URL Parameters Not Working in arcg.is Shortener?

ODWC_GIS — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:47:31 GMT

Many see and use the https://arcg.is/ links to access wordy URLs describing some ArcGIS site.

Because of reasons, I wish to store my individual records' URL in a short-ish String field.

They may be created by placing the original, "long URL" after the equals sign below:

https://arcg.is/prod/shorten?longUrl=__________________________________

A .json file will be returned with the shortened URL included.

BUT, it appears that if the long URL contains extra parameters like "extent," they seem to be ignored.

<EDIT>

I found the solution somewhere between the Dev Pages and https://doc.arcgis.com/en/web-appbuilder/latest/manage-apps/app-url-parameters.htm

Your long URL needs to be encoded to be properly accepted in full.

In my case, that meant replacing a few characters with their %xy equivalents:

Encoded_longURL=LongURL.replace("&","%26")
Encoded_longURL=Encoded_longURL.replace("=","%3D")
Encoded_longURL=Encoded_longURL.replace(",","%2C")

I'm happy to report that it's working now!!

Re: WebApp with URL Parameters Not Working in arcg.is Shortener?

ODWC_GIS — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:48:34 GMT

The solution was to Encode all the URL Parameters associated with the long URL.

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