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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 again, Kaela.  That sounded promising, but I'm getting weird results.  My topic URL looks like:

 

/My-Board/Default-email-notification-to-original-person-starting-a/td-p/66

 

When I do an alert("${page.context.thread.topicMessage.id}"), I get a pop-up that says "3" (I expected 66).  If I do a get on thread ID 3, I get something completely unrelated to this topic.  Am I interpreting the value of this property incorrectly or is there a different property to grab?

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KaelaC
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
14 years ago

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

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    xorrkaz
    Genius
    14 years ago

    You rule.  Perfect!