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I am trying to replace a URL button used in a list view in Classic to Lightning Compatible. I am trying to open a lightning component through URL that fires the create new page of the object with prepopulated values. The lightning component is like below

Component

<aura:component implements="lightning:isUrlAddressable"  >
    <aura:handler name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doInit}"/>
</aura:component>

Controller

({
 doInit : function(component, event, helper){
   var createRecordEvent = $A.get("e.force:createRecord");
     var record_Id = 'XXXYYYZZZZ';
     var alert = 'Test';

   createRecordEvent.setParams({ 
     "entityApiName": "Inventory__c", 
                       'recordTypeId': record_Id,
    "defaultFieldValues": {
      'alert__c' : alert
    } 
  });
  createRecordEvent.fire(); 
 }
})

I created the URL button and have the URL like /lightning/cmp/c__createInventory where createInventory is the lightning component name, when clicking on the button it navigates to the blue screen nothing is happening no errors / no create new page getting fired. Can anyone please help me here what I am missing.

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Navigating to a lightning component via a URL button will work in these scenarios:-

Approach 1

You can generate a URL where you pass Base64 encoded object of component definition:-

var compDefinition = {
    componentDef: "c:createInventory",
    attributes: {        
    }
};
// Base64 encode the compDefinition JS object
var encodedCompDef = btoa(JSON.stringify(compDefinition));
console.log('/one/one.app#' + encodedCompDef);

The log prints the following value:- /one/one.app#eyJjb21wb25lbnREZWYiOiJjOmNyZWF0ZUludmVudG9yeSIsImF0dHJpYnV0ZXMiOnt9fQ==

You can then make use of this URL in your URL button.

Approach 2

Create a lightning app page and add your component there. Now simply navigate to lightning app page from the URL button using App Page URL.

/lightning/n/pagename
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  • in Approach 1, where Should I add the lightning component definition, Is it with the lightning component itself?
    – user81642
    Commented Oct 5, 2020 at 12:16
  • you don't need to add component definition, you just need to add the URL generated using component definition in the url button.
    – sanket kumar
    Commented Oct 5, 2020 at 14:45
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This seems to be a release issue and actively worked upon. Kindly review Known issue and try workaround mentioned. Also, take a look at URL hacking for lightning.

Thanks,

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