extracting catalog item url values from esc portal

[Deepika54]

Hello experts,

When clicked on a catalog item url from esc portal, it is opening as a below link

Is there any way by which we can extract the short_descripton value from the URL itself highlighted in yellow via any catalog client script. plz help

[fred183gC · Accepted solution]

Hi @Deepika54 ,

Here is a catalog client script that runs onLoad extracts the short_description value from the URL:

function onLoad() {
    var short_description = getParmVal('short_description'); //URL parameter
    if (short_description) {
        g_form.setValue('variable_name', short_description); //Set Variable
    }
}

function getParmVal(name) {
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
    var regexS = "[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)";
    var regex = new RegExp(regexS);
    var results = regex.exec(top.location);
    if (results == null) {
        return "";
    } else {
        return unescape(results[1]);
    }
}

[fred183gC · Accepted solution]

Hi @Deepika54 ,

Here is a catalog client script that runs onLoad extracts the short_description value from the URL:

function onLoad() {
    var short_description = getParmVal('short_description'); //URL parameter
    if (short_description) {
        g_form.setValue('variable_name', short_description); //Set Variable
    }
}

function getParmVal(name) {
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
    var regexS = "[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)";
    var regex = new RegExp(regexS);
    var results = regex.exec(top.location);
    if (results == null) {
        return "";
    } else {
        return unescape(results[1]);
    }
}

[Deepika54]

you are the best

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

@Deepika54 

you can achieve this without RegEx and use OOTB Class URLSearchParams

function onLoad() {

    var url = top.location.href;
    var shortDescription = new URLSearchParams(url).get("short_description");
    alert(shortDescription);
}

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