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xorrkaz
Genius
14 years ago
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How to get the thread ID when viewing a thread?

I would like to extract the thread ID of the current thread from the thread page.  However, when I use the env.context.message.uniqueId variable, I get the last message ID of the thread.  I want the ...
  • KaelaC's avatar
    KaelaC
    14 years ago

    oopsies - try this .${page.context.thread.topicMessage.uniqueId}

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xorrkaz
Genius
14 years ago

Thanks, Kaela!  When I tried ${page.context.thread} I was getting back some Java .toString() type notation.  I had to search around a bit to find the env stuff.  Thanks for the REST URL.  I was hoping for a Freemarker variable, but REST will certainly work.

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xorrkaz
Genius
14 years ago

FYI, here is what I see when I use ${page.context.thread}:

 

lithium.eval.velocity.ThreadTemplateModel@e25235

 

I imagine this is an Object.  How can I access members of this object?