The variation of URL Triggers?

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I finally found a use for using a URL trigger, but I'm wondering why there several variations of the URL? The third one worked for my purposes.

I'm using a few URL triggers in my Todoist application to open a set website pages. Looking forward to other ways this trigger might be useful.

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There’s two versions in general - one that uses a Macro Name and one that uses a UUID. Since Macro Names don’t have to be unique, it’s always safer to use the UUID.

Each of those versions allows for a parameter to be passed into the macro. That’s what “&value=Whatever” is for. If you use this parameter, then inside the macro, %TriggerValue% will contain “Whatever”.

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Thanks, Dan. I need to look into what a parameter is and how to use with this trigger.

Now in the screenshot above is that four versions for different purposes?

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Now in the screenshot above is that four versions for different purposes?

Personally, I would only use the versions with a UUID. That's the string that looks like this:

54302C2D-128F-4A84-86C9-DCD8527D8634

You can find the UUID for any macro, by selecting the macro in the editor, then clicking Edit->Copy as->Copy UUID.

UUID's are always unique, but macro names don't have to be. So if you pass a non-unique macro name, well, actually, I have no idea what happens.

So that leaves us with a version with a UUID, and a version with a UUID and a parameter (if you need a parameter). In the above picture, that's the second and fourth ones.

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Can you guys, or anyone, provide any guidance on this related issue?

Evernote will NOT allow me to create a rich text hyperlink if it is a special URL protocol like "kmtirgger://".

Is there another approach that would allow me to trigger a KM Macro with a normal "http://" URL?

I've not explored the KM Web Server features, but is this a possible workaround with Evernote?

Any suggestions/guidance is much appreciated.

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