# How to pass parameter to glide apps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [March 25, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090 "2022-03-25T14:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![denv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@denv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/denv)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/1 "2022-03-25T14:58:51Z")
Hello. I need to pass some parameter to glide app. How can this be done, for example, through a URL or in another way? Without zapier or similar services, I need a free and easy way to pass a parameter to the application, like this: [https://simple-soap-1.glideapp.io/?var=111](https://simple-soap-1.glideapp.io/?var=111) How to get this “var” parameter from the application? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/2 "2022-03-25T19:23:25Z")
> [@Deep links: Send parameter to the app URL](https://community.glideapps.com/t/deep-links-send-parameter-to-the-app-url/1160/19): > > I don’t foresee anything like url query parameters coming anytime soon, if at all. I’m also not privy to what Glide has planned for the future. About the closest thing you would have now is deeplinks for apps and slugs for pages. Usually query parameters need specific programming to handle specific parameter names to parse out the information from the parameters and place it into the correct variables, followed by knowing what action to take once those variables are filled. I’m not sure how … ---
**Author:** ![UnD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/und/32/60306_2.png) [@UnD](https://community.glideapps.com/u/UnD)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/3 "2023-06-12T08:49:36Z")
Can you tell me if there was a solution to this? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/4 "2023-06-12T23:05:03Z")
Edit: I was not aware of a solution to use the “Get part of URL” column on the “current URL of screen”. I tested and can be sure that the method works on Chromium/MacOS since the URL doesn’t get stripped. Once you get hold of the param, you can do more things with it. Hat tips to @Darren_Murphy . ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/5 "2023-06-13T09:52:16Z")
Yes, here is an example: ![CleanShot 2023-06-13 at 17.50.05@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/4/b46dcd4bf5008d0c271e1fa4beaee490ef08a069.jpeg) Try it with the below App: > **[URL Parameter Passing](https://url-parameter-passin-a0hh.glide.page/dl/6471c6)** ps. I should add that I actually learned this trick recently from @grumo 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/6 "2023-06-13T10:53:36Z")
Hmm, I remember trying that a year or two ago and the url would always refresh, so the query parameters wouldn’t stick. I had assumed that was still the case. Maybe it didn’t work with classic apps??? That’s awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/7 "2023-06-13T11:04:25Z")
mmm, this is not something that I’d ever tried until just recently, so I couldn’t say for sure. But I did just quickly test it with a Classic App, and it does work. My guess would be that the behaviour probably changed when we switched to the NCM? 🤷‍♂️ ![CleanShot 2023-06-13 at 19.01.45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/e/4e68e6e0712bdadb5d9116949da840940ede647c.png) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/8 "2023-06-13T11:25:14Z")
Could be. Lots of potential there. ---
**Author:** ![joshsorenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@joshsorenson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/joshsorenson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/9 "2023-07-28T14:23:57Z")
Can you use this to filter records or information you are showing from a database? 👀 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/10 "2023-07-28T14:26:58Z")
Yes, you could do that. ---
**Author:** ![joshsorenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@joshsorenson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/joshsorenson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/11 "2023-07-28T14:37:28Z")
How would you do that? Does it give it as an option in the menu? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/12 "2023-07-28T14:39:21Z")
Give me a little while, I’ll make an example. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/13 "2023-07-28T15:48:08Z")
Here you go: https://www.loom.com/embed/cb256cdbba8c4cb4aa16cef983d0fb1d Link [Using URL Parameters to Filter a Collection | Loom](https://www.loom.com/share/cb256cdbba8c4cb4aa16cef983d0fb1d) The concept App if you’d like to try it: > **[Parameter Filtering Concept](https://parameter-filtering--d68v.glide.page/dl/6471c6)** * * * _If the above video won't play, try pasting the following link into a browser:_ ```auto https://www.loom.com/share/cb256cdbba8c4cb4aa16cef983d0fb1d ``` ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/14 "2023-07-28T16:29:43Z")
WTF? 🤯 …great tip!! I had seen/tried the _Get Part or URL_ plugin before, but hadn’t found a proper use case for it, but “The URL of the current screen” parameter changes everything. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/9/795bc415d4d08ab8434b69d8274e1a0c092722d9.png) Thanks for the video and your time Darren. Feliz día!. ---
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/15 "2023-08-03T13:12:39Z")
FYI - In case it helps a random person out there… When you use Get Part of URL with a page with visibility conditions, you may find that the search parameter doesn’t pass through to the column because of how the app refreshes/reloads when applying the visibility conditions, even if it keeps the search parameter in the URL. ---
**Author:** ![dcmax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dcmax/32/65101_2.png) [@dcmax](https://community.glideapps.com/u/dcmax)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/16 "2023-10-10T22:59:26Z")
Hello there, I know its been a few months now since this conversation took place…but hopefully you can still help. I have tried setting up the app as you did here but it doesn’t appear to be working. Does this have other requirements not covered in the video? When I add in the parameter to the URL, it just loads everything as usual and the parameter stays in the url. No filtering happens at all. Any guidance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/17 "2023-10-10T23:14:13Z")
Can you show us some screenshots or a video of how you’re setting it up on your side? ---
**Author:** ![dcmax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dcmax/32/65101_2.png) [@dcmax](https://community.glideapps.com/u/dcmax)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/18 "2023-10-10T23:40:37Z")
Hello, thank you for responding. I apologize it doesn’t have any sound but my microphone isn’t working. Video: > **[glide.mp4](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-5jNnYKY3RW1iVN2OTbb_ezFlB0XwFWW/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. screenshots are attached. Those show how the parameter is at the end of the url and how it gets passed to the field but there is no filtering happening… ![Capture2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/3/a386166636a306d30fecb688e384fae50f7eba88.jpeg) ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/c/7c3e7024b9be970c921594269780b7f226b7ce8f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gldusr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b19c9b/32.png) [@gldusr](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gldusr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/19 "2024-11-09T08:11:52Z")
No youtube videos about this? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090/20 "2024-11-09T08:20:27Z")
See the loom that I posted earlier in the thread… > [@Darren\_Murphy](#): > > Here you go: > > Link [Using URL Parameters to Filter a Collection | Loom](https://www.loom.com/share/cb256cdbba8c4cb4aa16cef983d0fb1d) > > The concept App if you’d like to try it: > > ## [Parameter Filtering Concept](https://parameter-filtering--d68v.glide.page/dl/6471c6) > > _If the above video won’t play, try pasting the following link into a browser:_ > > ```auto > https://www.loom.com/share/cb256cdbba8c4cb4aa16cef983d0fb1d > > ``` [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-pass-parameter-to-glide-apps/40090.md?page=2)