# URL Definitions

> Browse PeopleSoft URL definitions — named URL strings used in PeopleCode, file attachments, and integrations.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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    <span>Tailored Operational Context</span>
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        <strong>Target Database:</strong>
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        <strong>Context Type:</strong>
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        <strong>Alert Severity:</strong>
        <span id="ctx-severity" class="badge">&mdash;</span>
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        <strong>Triggered Time:</strong>
        <span id="ctx-time" class="text-muted small">&mdash;</span>
      </li>
      <li id="row-details" class="list-group-item py-2 d-none">
        <strong id="label-details" class="d-block mb-1">Firing Context:</strong>
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    const metadata = params.get('metadata');
    if (!metadata) return;

    try {
      
      const base64 = metadata.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
      const jsonStr = decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64)));
      const data = JSON.parse(jsonStr);

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        if (data.type) {
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          document.getElementById('row-type').classList.remove('d-none');
          hasData = true;
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        if (data.severity) {
          const severityBadge = document.getElementById('ctx-severity');
          const severity = data.severity.toLowerCase();
          severityBadge.textContent = severity.toUpperCase();
          if (severity === 'critical') {
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          hasData = true;
        }

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          } else {
            labelDetails.textContent = 'Firing Context:';
          }

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## What It Is

URL definitions are PeopleSoft's centralized store of named URL strings. Instead of hard-coding `https://example.com/...` inside PeopleCode, developers define a URL object (`PSURLDEFN`) and reference it by name with `GetURL("MY_URL")`. This keeps environment-specific endpoints (file servers, integration partners, image hosts) out of the code. psLens lets you browse the catalog so you can see every URL the application uses in one place.

## Search Page

URL: `/urls?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/urls-search.png"
    alt="URL search results for PT_% showing PTFPCONFIG, PTFP_DOCINDB, and others"><figcaption>
      <p>URL search results for <code>PT_%</code></p>
    </figcaption>
</figure>


Wildcard `%` search supported. Each card shows the URL name plus the resolved URL value so you can scan the catalog at a glance.

## Detail Page

URL: `/urls/{URLNAME}?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/urls-detail.png"
    alt="Detail page for PTFPCONFIG URL definition"><figcaption>
      <p>URL detail page for <code>PTFPCONFIG</code></p>
    </figcaption>
</figure>


The main pane shows **URL Properties** (the URL itself, description, comments, audit metadata). The sidebar has one related-data toggle.

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/urls-detail-expanded.png"
    alt="URL detail page with all panels expanded"><figcaption>
      <p>Full URL detail page with Projects panel expanded</p>
    </figcaption>
</figure>


## Related Data Panels

### Included in Projects

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/urls-panel-projects.png"
    alt="Included in Projects panel for the URL"><figcaption>
      <p>App Designer projects that include this URL definition</p>
    </figcaption>
</figure>


App Designer projects that include this URL. Useful for understanding which feature or customization introduced the URL.

## What This Consolidates

In App Designer the URL catalog is buried under **File → Open → URL Definition**. psLens makes it browsable from a normal search page with the resolved URL inline, so you can quickly find every URL that points at the file server when investigating an attachments issue.