Share custom links

Using direct URLs allows you to promote items and groups through email, blogs, websites, and social media, making it easier for you to guide others within or outside of your organization to specific items and groups. You can link to an item or group page, a map, a scene, or search results by copying and pasting the URL that appears in the address bar of your web browser, for example, https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3af669838f594b378f90c10f98e46a7f. Alternatively, you can share the short URL or create a custom link.

If you create a custom link using URL parameters, you can configure how your content appears when opened.

Create a custom link to a group page

To manually create a custom URL to link to a group page, complete the following steps:

1. Start with the public URL: https://www.arcgis.com. If you are a member of an organization, start with your organization's URL, for example, https://acme.maps.arcgis.com.

   You can access your organization's URL on your profile page.

   Note:

   When linking to publicly shared groups, it is best practice to use the public URL to ensure those outside your organization can view your group.

2. Add a reference to the path of the file: /home/group.html?.
3. Add the ID of the group: id=<ID of the group> (for example, id=dc6a57b8377b4bdf91e503e75573d593). Alternatively, add the owner and group name: owner=<owner name>&title=<group name> (for example, owner=ArcGISTeamLocalGov&title=ArcGIS for Local Government).

   Tip:

   To get the group ID, open the group, and copy the id=<ID of the group> part of the URL that appears in the web browser address bar.

4. Add #overview to direct the URL to the Overview tab of the group page or add #content to direct the URL to the Content tab of the group page.

In this example, the complete group page URL is https://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?id=dc6a57b8377b4bdf91e503e75573d593#overview.

Note:

To share group content with users outside of your organization, you must make your group and its contents available to everyone.

Create a custom link to search results

To manually create a custom URL to link to search results, complete the following steps:

1. Start with the website URL: https://www.arcgis.com. If you are a member of an organization, start with your organization's website, for example, https://acme.maps.arcgis.com.

   You can access your organization's URL on your profile page.

   Note:

   When linking to publicly shared items, it is best practice to use the public URL to ensure those outside your organization can view your item.

2. Add a reference to the path of the file: /home/search.html?.
3. Add the query and query type as q=<search string>&t=<content or group> (for example, q=streets&t=content).

In this example, the complete URL is https://www.arcgis.com/home/search.html?q=streets&t=content&content=all.