Looking to see if there is a way to store a deep link and if there are any changes to that deep link, automatically update it. Pretty frustrating if you change something, the deep link changes as well, causing big potential issues for me. Basically, I have setup a Link in Bio type of app, where users can build their own personal profile and include things about themselves and posts they’ve made. I’ve created a Rebrandly link based off their profile’s deep link, which they can then copy and share it within their social media profile. Problem is, if I end up updating/editing their profile tab, the deep link changes, thus making the Rebrandly link invalid. I have a button in place to Update the Rebrandly link, but thats a manual process. In addition, I dont really know what exactly triggers a change in the deep link, so I only know if someone tells me its not working. And if it doesnt work for 1 person, it doesnt work for everyone. What I’d like is if the deep link can be stored and then if there is a change, its also changed. I can then trigger a Zapier event to automatically update the Rebrandly link, thus never having to worry about an incorrect deep link. Or I am open to other suggestions/workarounds.

Thinking maybe setting a separate app tied to the same google sheet, but houses just the public profiles. This way the profiles are still updated content wise, but I never risk having it mess up

How are you currently getting the deep link to the Sheet? Last time I try the set column did not work at all.

I dont currently store any deep links into my sheets. I have a button on each public profile that sends the deep link to Rebrandly via Zapier to create a custom link. I then use Zapier to update that same User’s Row in my sheet with the Rebrandly link. I also use a button to update the deep link in Rebrandly pretty much the same way. I just dont want to have to manually go into each profile and update their deep link if it gets changes for some reason.

Here’s my attempt to decode that from a few months ago. [image] Link generates by Link to Screen FAQ The deep link encodes 3 or 4 types of information in there. Here’s a sample. [image] I have no idea what the “t” is for, the “s” links to the Sheet, the r links to the rowID, the n seems to be the title of the screen. I’m not sure if any changes in the Sheet name or Screen title would change the deep link. You would have to try just to make sure.

Yea it would be good to know what influences the deep link so you know ahead of time if your actions will cause a change. I know I moved the tab from the 3rd tab to the 2nd and it caused the link to change as well. So I just created a 2nd App that uses the same sheet, but will only host the public profiles. Therefore, I can manipulate my primary app while not risking of messing up the deep links for the public profiles. Hoping that keeps things more stable.

[image] ThinhDinh: Here’s my attempt to decode that from a few months ago. Hi I haven’t dealt with deep links on Glide before, but it seems that this issue (feature?) isn’t fully resolved. Assuming my GS has a Row ID column, or using a Glide Table, is there no way to have another column that will store links to each of these details pages? And, assuming we solved the previous step, are these links constantly changing? If they do, how do we send them out to users and avoid a broken link? PS - As far as I could tell, the only way to generate this link is with an action. We can set a custom action to “set values” with this link, but that requires user to take action. That won’t work… :frowning: Thanks

[image] Test_Test: As far as I could tell, the only way to generate this link is with an action. We can set a custom action to “set values” with this link, but that requires user to take action. Yes, that’s true. [image] Test_Test: Assuming my GS has a Row ID column, or using a Glide Table, is there no way to have another column that will store links to each of these details pages? No, unless you have a user action to do that, as I detailed above. And per my decoding attempt, it looks like if you have a details view of the same row but in different tabs, the deep link will change. This also implies that you should be careful about the name of the screen. [image] Link generates by Link to Screen FAQ yes, if the name of a screen changes, the deep link changes

Link generates by Link to Screen yes, if the name of a screen changes, the deep link changes Wow, that’s “interesting” :crazy_face: What is the logic behind this? Not possible to simply use the Row ID to build this link?

And if the RowID was used in 37 different screens…? :wink:

[image] Darren_Murphy: used in 37 different screens Sure, but that’s the beauty of Glide. isn’t it? Is there any other way to obtain a URL that represents a deep link? Something that will allow us to send the user to the right place with one click.

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Here’s my attempt to decode that from a few months ago.

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