How to How to get the instance URL using get the instance URLusing OnLoad Client Script of the Form?

[KeDix]

How to get the instance URL using the OnLoad Client Script of the Form?

window.location.origin; does not work 

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

@KeDix 

this will work

var url = top.location.href;

alert(url);

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[Hemanth M1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @KeDix ,

it depends on browsers sometimes!,

Are you trying to get the instance URL or the current opened URL?
If its for the Instance URL - why don't you try script include and use the system property as below

Client script:

function onLoad() {
   //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
   var ga = new GlideAjax('GetInstanceUrl');
    ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'getUrl');
    ga.getXMLAnswer(response);

	function response(url){
		alert(url);
	}
   
}

Script include:

var GetInstanceUrl = Class.create();
GetInstanceUrl.prototype = Object.extendsObject(global.AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
	getUrl: function(){
		return gs.getProperty('glide.servlet.uri');
	},
    type: 'GetInstanceUrl'
});

[Hemanth M1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @KeDix ,

it depends on browsers sometimes!,

Are you trying to get the instance URL or the current opened URL?
If its for the Instance URL - why don't you try script include and use the system property as below

Client script:

function onLoad() {
   //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
   var ga = new GlideAjax('GetInstanceUrl');
    ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'getUrl');
    ga.getXMLAnswer(response);

	function response(url){
		alert(url);
	}
   
}

Script include:

var GetInstanceUrl = Class.create();
GetInstanceUrl.prototype = Object.extendsObject(global.AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
	getUrl: function(){
		return gs.getProperty('glide.servlet.uri');
	},
    type: 'GetInstanceUrl'
});

[KeDix]

@Hemanth M1 

I know this solution, and it works too. But trying to see if it can work without a Script Include..

[KeDix · Accepted solution]

Here is the solution:

Get the Instance URL without using Script Include:

var instanceURL = top.location.href; get full URL
instanceURL = instanceURL.slice(0, instanceURL.indexOf("/now")); // Instance URL

Clickable link on Form:

g_form.addErrorMessage(htmlMessage);
g_form.addDecoration('field_name','icon-alert',"No relation",'color-red');
g_form.addDecoration('field_name','icon-locked',"No relation",'color-red');