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Using velocity to truncate a URL after the ? (and including the ?)

  • May 13, 2024
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I need the output of a velocity script to include just the URL (and non of the URL parameters that follow the ? (stripping out the ? as well).  Can you velocity gurus assist?  I'm thinking I need to use "TruncateAtWord".

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Best answer by SanfordWhiteman

LinkTool is what you should use for URL manipulation (don’t try to parse URLs yourself).

#set( $url = $link.uri($lead.urlField) ) #set( $void = $url.setQuery($display.alt()) ) #set( $void = $url.setFragment($display.alt()) ) ${url}

 

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SanfordWhiteman
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May 13, 2024

LinkTool is what you should use for URL manipulation (don’t try to parse URLs yourself).

#set( $url = $link.uri($lead.urlField) ) #set( $void = $url.setQuery($display.alt()) ) #set( $void = $url.setFragment($display.alt()) ) ${url}

 

Dan_Stevens_
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May 14, 2024

Thanks Sandy.  Can you explain further using this example?:

https://www.avanade.com/en/services/microsoft-tech/modern-workplace/copilot-offering?utm_campaign=aicopilot-nullind-acc-ao&utm_source=google&utm_medium=sem-can

 

I just want to return this: https://www.avanade.com/en/services/microsoft-tech/modern-workplace/copilot-offering

 

SanfordWhiteman
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May 14, 2024

Well, if you had a Person field called URL Field ($lead.urlField in my code) set to the first URL, the output would be the second URL. 😉

 

It works by

  • creating a Link object
  • setting the Link’s query string and hash to null — I assumed you wanted to strip the hash too, if it exists
  • then printing the Link value, i.e. the whole href
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