Different ways to get a record URL and generate complete record URL

[Upender Kumar]

var grUser = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
grUser.get(gs.getUserID());

var instanceUrl=gs.getProperty('glide.servlet.uri') +"nav_to.do?uri="
gs.print(instanceUrl);

Output
*** Script: https://dev90375.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=

1. Using GlideSubstituteURL class

var url = new GlideSubstituteURL().generateURL(grUser, "");
gs.print(url);

Output
*** Script: https://dev90375.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=sys_user.do%3Fsys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964%26sysparm_stack=sys_user_list.do%3Fsysparm_query=active=true

2. Using GlideRecord .getLink(noStack)

noStack:If true, the link generated will not append &sysparm_stack=[tablename]_list.do? sysparm_query=active=true to the end of the URL; if false, the link will. Leaving the parameter empty defaults to false.

var url = grUser.getLink(false);
gs.print(url)
gs.print(instanceUrl+url);

Output
*** Script: sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964&sysparm_stack=sys_user_list.do?sysparm_query=active=true
*** Script: https://dev90375.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964&sysparm_stack=sys_user_list.do?sysparm_query=active=true

var url = grUser.getLink(true);
gs.print(url)
gs.print(instanceUrl+url)

Output
*** Script: sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964
*** Script: https://dev90375.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964

3. gs.generateURL(table, recordID, view)

var url = gs.generateURL(grUser.getTableName(), grUser.getUniqueValue(), 'ess')
gs.print(url)
gs.print(instanceUrl+url)

Output
*** Script: sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964&sysparm_view=ess
*** Script: https://dev90375.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964&sysparm_view=ess

4. Your own way

var url = instanceUrl+grUser.getTableName()+'.do?sys_id='+grUser.getUniqueValue()
gs.print(url)

Output
*** Script: https://dev90375.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=sys_user.do?sys_id=a94e5830dbbbb7005027fe1b68961964

[Mohammed Kemal]

Hi Upender - great post, thank you for sharing!

[SHAHRUKH KHAN4]

Hi Upender, 

How to get the current browser tab url using server script in servicenow,? Please let me know if you got that code

[Upender Kumar]

gs.action.getGlideURI()

[farrell_terry]

Is there a way to get the URL from external applications?  i.e. powerapps?