What is the difference between navpage.do and nav_to.do as url in homepage?

[Ronald11]

Hello,

Can someone enlighten me on what is the difference on using navpage.do and nav_to.do on url for homepage. We were asked what is better to use for url and I am stuck on where should I look to compare their differences.

Thanks in advance

[Maik Skoddow]

Hi

nav_to.do is the base URL for the frame set containing the header, application navigator and the main content area. With the URL parameter "uri" you can define which page is loaded into the main content area.

navpage.do is just a redirector to the homepage.

Kind regards
Maik

[Ronald11]

Hello, 

Thanks for the reply. Just to clarify, so since nav_to.do is the base url, it would always be used? Actually it seems like when going to login page it was sometimes navpage.do or nav_to.do thats why they are asking what is correct?

Thanks

[Ronald11]

Hello can you give me an elaborate sample of how is navpage.do just a redirector? I was able to test that nav_to.do is existing when banner frame and application navigator is in the page by simply opening a module in another tab but I don't know how to test that navpage.do is just a redirector.

Thanks

[Harish KM]

Here is a blog about URL

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_blog&sys_id=710daaa5dbd0dbc01dcaf3231f9619e8