Test a URL
Last updated 29/05/2024
How to Test the URL
To check your URL is looking how you expect, you can deploy your application to the development environment and add
/url/<yourUrlName>
to the deployed URL link.
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In Five's local desktop version, you will not be able to test a URL. You will need to have a cloud account.
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You will need to remove your application from the development deployment and re-deploy to the development environment to apply the permissions to the Public role!
1. Click the Deploy to Development button.
![Deploy to Development button](/2.6/img/setup/url/deploy-to-development-button.png)
Figure 1 - Deploy to Development button
2. In the URL bar add to the end of the URL
/url/<yourUrlName>
and click Enter/Return.
Example: control-default-storeorders-jando.5au.dev/url/feedback
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The name of your URL is the value in the URL field on the URL record!
![URL link](/2.6/img/setup/url/url-link.png)
Figure 2 - URL link
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Your action will now be available. If your action is a form, once your users start to edit the form, the Save button will become available and when submitted, the user will be notified and the data will be saved to your database.
![Public form](/2.6/img/setup/url/public-form.png)
Figure 3 - Public form
![Save button](/2.6/img/setup/url/submit-form.png)
Figure 4 - Save button
Production Environment URL Example
When your application is deployed to the production environment you can supply the link to your users to access your URL. It will be in the format of
InstanceID-ApplicationID-sitePrefix.5au.co/url/<yourUrlName>
Example: abcstore-storeorders-jando.5au.co/url/feedback