Getting Sys_id of record on portal

[Jalen Dixon]

Hello, 

I have tried getting the KB sys_id from a widget on the portal. I have tried different ways of doing so. 

1. 

var kbSysID = $sp.getParameter("sys_id") 

// this returns null

and

2.

var page_id = $sp.getParameter('id');
var spPage = new GlideRecord('sp_page');
spPage.get('id',page_id);
var page_sys_id = spPage.sys_id;

// this returns undefined

Neither way works. Is this related to versioning on KBs? Can someone please help me figure this out?

[Harish KM]

Hi @Jalen Dixon the portal page you open, does the url contain sysid or KB number?

[Jalen Dixon]

Yes, it says "sys_kb_id=sys_id". @Harish KM 

[Harish KM · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jalen Dixon in that case you need to use below

var kbSysID = $sp.getParameter("sys_kb_id");

[siva krishna M2]

Hello @Jalen Dixon ,

if your URL is in below format

instance/kb?id=page_id&sys_kb_id={sys_id}

then $sp.getParameter('sys_kb_id') gives the value of sys_id from the URL. So you have to use

var KbSysid =$sp.getParameter('sys_kb_id')