Linking to external content with user ID in URL

Michael Keen
Michael Keen
Third Anniversary Name Dropper Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud K–12 Education Solutions™ General Discussions

I would like to include a link from the Student and Parent portals to an external site where I can show information specific to that student. I'd prefer to have the link in the top menus, but I could live with it on the Resource Page. The important thing is that I need to be able to include the student's User ID in the URL for the external site. Something like https://externalsite.com?oncampusid=123456 (where 123456 is the student's User ID).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Brian Gray
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    @Michael Keen - I don't know of a way to get the user ID and append it to a URL directly.

    You can generate a SSO link that will pass a token that can in turn be used to extract the user ID and other info about the user. See the page linked below for examples. It's not pretty, but it can be done.


  • Michael Keen
    Michael Keen
    Third Anniversary Name Dropper Facilitator 1

    @Brian Gray
    Thanks for this. “Not pretty” is an understatement, but I'll give it a shot. Much appreciated.

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