How do you create page links with URL Parameters?

[Duncan Kinnear]

We're using PocketQuery with dynamic parameters to be able to define a page that displays the result of a query depending on a passed URL parameter.

How do I create links from other pages which pass different parameters to the same page?

For instance, I have a page called "Program Files" which lists programs defined in a database, but filters the list to only show programs that start with the passed 'letter' parameter.

So to list programs that start with 'a' I can reference a page (using the browser location bar) as "Program Files?pq_letter=a" and only the 'a' programs appear in the list.

So how do I create a link on another page to point to page "Program Files" with the parameter "?pq_letter=a"?

[Felix Grund (Scandio) · Accepted solution]

Hi Duncan,

Shouldn't this work with a normal web link like this? 

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You could also take the ID-based URL which is a little cleaner: /pages/viewpage.action?pageId=%yourPageId%&pq_letter=a

Regards, Felix (Scandio)

P.S. we just released PQ 2.0 which has a feature "dynamic load" that could come very handy for your dynamic parameters. You can find information here.

[Duncan Kinnear]

This is obviously the only way to do it. I had to insert the Space Key (CU in this case) after the /display/. My concern would be that this method wouldn't cope with renaming the target page. For instance if I renamed the "Program Files" page to "System Files". But I guess it does the job. :-)

[Felix Grund (Scandio)]

"wouldn't cope with renaming the target page" -- that's what I meant with the ID based link. Simply get the page ID (https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/HYClJg) and you can rename the page as you please. The link will stay valid.

[Duncan Kinnear]

Aha! That's brilliant. I will try that method, too.

[Felix Grund (Scandio)]

Hi Duncan! Thanks for the feedback! Would you mind to contribute to the PocketQuery community and mark my answer as accepted? And would you mind leaving a review for PocketQuery at the marketplace?

[Ovidiu T]

This didn't work for me, Confluence 8.8.

Substituting the tiny link instead of page name and keeping the parameters takes me to the page as with no parameters passed in.