# Construct a URL / Link based on fields

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [September 5, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646 "2022-09-05T18:18:51Z")
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### Author: ![Jay\_Mojo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jay_mojo/32/47263_2.png) [@Jay\_Mojo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jay_Mojo)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646/1 "2022-09-05T18:18:51Z")

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Can we create links based on fields from our tables?

So say link being

[http://www.page.com/field](http://www.page.com/field)

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### Author: ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646/2 "2022-09-05T19:09:16Z")

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No

You could consider 👇

> [@Deep links - the mystery remains... slight\_smile](https://community.glideapps.com/t/deep-links-the-mystery-remains/48161/3):
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> I have an example that uses [short.io](http://short.io) to generate branded shortlists of glide deeplinks. Is this something you’re looking for?

> [@Deep links - the mystery remains... slight\_smile](https://community.glideapps.com/t/deep-links-the-mystery-remains/48161/6):
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> Basically the setup should be: When a new row is added, you send the deep link of that row to [Short.io](http://Short.io), alongside your intended “slug” [Short.io](http://Short.io) generates the link You update the link back to a column in your database. Point the share button to share the [short.io](http://short.io) link I have founded that you can update the link’s metadata, @Robert_Petitto , so it would be nice to have that as an option in the app (say you can give your users the ability to edit the title, description or image). Bu…

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### Author: ![Jay\_Mojo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jay_mojo/32/47263_2.png) [@Jay\_Mojo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jay_Mojo)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646/3 "2022-09-05T19:13:30Z")

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Surely Open link action on a button and URL Construct on table/collumn should work ? or something like that?

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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646/4 "2022-09-05T22:16:19Z")

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Are you talking about a link into your glide page, or a link to another website? If you are talking about another website, you can use a Template or Construct URL column.

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/construct-a-url-link-based-on-fields/48646/5 "2022-09-06T00:15:11Z")

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I assume you’re talking about custom links. That is not natively supported within Glide, you would have to use a 3rd party solution to create it yourself if you want to have your own “URL slug”.