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Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

Dhruv Chandan — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:33:35 GMT

Hi All,

I've created a custom field using HTML and now i want to get the value being input in that field towards the server side in Service Portal.

HTML Part:-

<div>

<a href="?id={{::c.data.homepage}}">Click here to go home</a>

</div>

<div>Enter your Last name:

<h2>{{ c.data.messageNew }}</h2>

</div>

Client Side Part:-

function() {
	var c = this;
	c.displayNew = function(){
		c.data.messageNew = (c.data.lastname) ? 'Hello ' + c.data.lastname + '!' : '';
	}
	c.display();
	c.server.update();

}

Server Side part:-

(function() {

/* populate the 'data' object */

/* e.g., data.table = $sp.getValue('table'); */

console.log("Server Side"+input);

var portalGr = $sp.getPortalRecord();

console.log("Server Side"+portalGr);

})();

Any idea how to get the "Last Name" which is being input to the server side for further validations.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,

Dhruv Chandan

Re: Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

larstange — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:04:14 GMT

You are quite close. On the server side you get the input via "input.data.lastname".

Also see this for inspiration:

https://serviceportal.io/communicating-between-the-client-script-and-the-server-script-of-a-widget/

Re: Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

Dhruv Chandan — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:45:20 GMT

Hi Lars,

I tried "console.log("Server Side"+input.data.lastname);"

but it showing up as undefined in the logs even with the entries filled in.

Regards,

Dhruv Chandan

Re: Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

xiaix — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:27:33 GMT

console.log is a client-side only javascript command

input.data. is server-side only

You can't mix the two.

You can do a gs.log though, then look through your servicenow logs to find what you're trying to see.

Re: Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

Dhruv Chandan — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:16:44 GMT

Hi David,

gs.log("Server Side"+input.data.lastname,"dc31");

Used the above statement in the sever side code and the system logs is still showing it as undefined.

Regards,

Dhruv Chandan

Re: Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

Brad Tilton — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:19:20 GMT

Hi Dhruv,

You're close here. When using server.update() the data object is represented by the input object, so you would typically do something like this on the server:

if (input) {

console.log("Server Side: " + input.lastname);

}

You don't need to write input.data, and service portal is unique in that it lets you use console.log() on both the client and server side script areas.

Re: Service Portal: Client Side Data to Server Side

Dhruv Chandan — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:03:00 GMT

Hi Brad,

Thanks man it worked !

Regards,

Dhruv Chandan