We have added a button on a sutelet which we want ...
# suitescripts
Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 5:53 PMWe have added a button on a sutelet which we want to trigger a post request to an external server with a payload
Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 5:54 PMif (!netsuite_status) {
form.addButton({
id: "skip_sync_btn",
label: "Skip Sync",
functionName:
handleButtonAction('${JSON.stringify(payload)}')Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 5:55 PM1. should we post to a reslet which will post to the external system , 2. use a suitlet 3. use fetch and trigger clinet side
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:12 PMnot sure if there's a best practice here, just a bunch of tradeoffs 🙂
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:13 PMlogging is better server side so handling it there will give you that.
but posting back to NS server to then post to external server is just an extra step for no real reason
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:14 PMi will have to expose the api keys to exteranl script
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:15 PMthat was gonna be my next question, does the external server require auth, if so then I'd do it serverside rather than client side that would trump other considerations
b
battk
11/12/2025, 6:17 PMyour external server is likely badly designed if client side is an option. They should have cors restrictions
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:19 PMgood point ,cors would probally block it
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:20 PMi mean i assume they've setup their server how they want it, if they want to allow CORS they can? but yeah if they don't then you'll need to do it serverside
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:21 PMWhat is the best way to handle it server-side, button to trigger client script
Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:21 PMthen sutielet or reslet (no UI needed)
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:22 PMis your button already on a suitelet form?
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:22 PMyes
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:23 PMif so then I'd have it POST back to the suitelet via a submit usually and handle it the POST section of the suitelet., but idk if you've got other stuff that needs to be handled via form submit (post) already?
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:24 PMbut suitlet vs. restlet feels pretty inconsequential compared to serverside/clientsidte
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:26 PMThe button is added from a POST response , so i don't want to do this on a sutilet , i wanted to keep the user on the page if i could
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:29 PMoooh ok yeah then url.resolve your other script and post to that 🙂
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:30 PMpost to reslet or 2nd suitelet ?
a
Anthony OConnor
11/12/2025, 6:32 PMI'm not sure it makes much difference tbh, obviously either can work
b
battk
11/12/2025, 6:33 PMchoose the suitelet if you think they are the same, restlets are forced to have an external url, suitelets are not
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:34 PM Copy code
const url = urlMod.resolveScript({
scriptId: "customscript1824",
deploymentId: "customdeploy1",
});
// Use N/https.post instead of fetch
var response = https.post({
url: url,
body: JSON.stringify(dataStr),
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
}); this is my current code from the client scriptSim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 6:41 PMsutielet would send the user to that URL (plus it has additional overhead?
b
battk
11/12/2025, 6:42 PMusing https.post (or fetch for that matter) does not change the url
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 7:02 PMi switched to Suitlet, am i having trouble making a post request
Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 7:15 PMi can get it as a get and query parms, but i don't like that practice
b
battk
11/12/2025, 7:17 PMmy guess from the code you shared is that you are getting unexpected input since you stringified the data twice
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Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 7:19 PM@battk yes good catch
Sim Greenbaum
11/12/2025, 7:23 PMThis is one of the downsides of Copilot auto correct
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