Is there a way to deep link to an Aura HTML Iframe?

[danny_b_tran_disney_com]

I've got an Aura HTML Iframe which is running its own standalone html. Is there any way to pass URL parameters or hashes down into the Aura HTML iframe so it can navigate to the correct dynamic page?

[Joshua Brock _ Seibert Group_ GmbH]

Hi @danny_b_tran_disney_com and welcome!

I checked this with our development team. Unfortunately, Aura HTML cannot currently pass query parameters or hash fragments between the Confluence parent page and the embedded content.

The iframe sandboxing imposed by Confluence prevents the macro from accessing or updating the parent page’s URL. It also means we can’t provide a supported postMessage-based workaround from within the macro.

So, for the deep-linking behavior you described (where navigation inside the iframe is reflected in the Confluence URL for copying and reopening) the use case isn’t currently supported. Since the restriction comes from the surrounding Confluence environment, there isn’t an Aura-side workaround available at the moment.

I realize that isn’t the answer you were hoping for, but I wanted to confirm the limitation rather than point you toward an approach that won’t work in practice.

Hope this helps!

Joshua
Content Writer & US Representative
Aura Apps and Agile Hive (products of Seibert Group GmbH)

[Kris Klima _K15t_]

Hi @danny_b_tran_disney_com 

As this is a marketplace app specific issue, I'd refer to the Appanvil's documentation for Aura or contact their support.

@Jan Kuntscher - appanvil - Aura Karma Mantra :) 

[danny_b_tran_disney_com]

Thank you! I did consult the documentation, but couldn't find anything about using postMessage with Aura HTML Iframe ... that's the only way I can think of to update to update window.top.location with a hash or url param so that users can copy/paste a deep link to something within the iframe.

If we could run javascript in the parent page, then theoretically we could observe the iframe src and update the page url to match, but we don't have any macros enabled that would allow that AFAIK.