Populate User Name and Email to a URL

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So I am trying to populate User name and email onto a URL.

I have a button on a custom object which will re-direct me to a Visualforce page with few fields where on hitting save will fill a URL(google form).

So I want to pre-fill username and email without having them enter it and have the values onto the URL

I tried using merge fields {!User.Email} on the URL but it did not work.

Pls share current code, so that we can suggest modifications. — Victor, Commented May 29, 2015 at 21:02
Victor for the current code I don't have anything that relates to what I am asking but here's my URL below for better understanding. docs.google.com/a/mycompany.com/forms/d/…'{!User.Email}'&entry.315413522='+desc+'&entry.1366373962='+info+'&entry.1716955237='+steps+'&entry.1435223618='+severity+'&submit=Submit — Sanjay, Commented May 29, 2015 at 21:15
Sounds like you need to use urlencode: {!URLENCODE(User.Email)} — Mark Masterson, Commented May 29, 2015 at 22:02
Hi Mark, so I tried that and I am receiving "Error: Unknown property 'Escalations__cStandardController.User' " Escalations__c - is the name of the custom object. Does this mean I need the query the UserID and Email in the apex ? if so can you help me with that ? — Sanjay, Commented May 29, 2015 at 22:08

RyanP · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-30 05:11:06Z

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Try {!$User.Email}. The $ is important if you're trying to grab the logged in user in a button.

URLENCODE is not a bad idea, but maybe not necessary.

answered May 30, 2015 at 5:11

RyanP

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I'm receiving this error Error: Unknown property 'Escalations__cStandardController.userId'
– Sanjay
Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 0:33
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Where are you getting this error? When trying to save the VF page? $User is a global variable as documented here. I'm not sure what might be wrong. Can you post the code?
– RyanP
Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 5:59
Hey Ryan, my bad it did worked great it was a different part of the code that was causing this issue (javascript) Thanks so much for your answer !
– Sanjay
Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 15:16

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