How do I define a path based on user account name

Need help
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Hi- I am using external database (Supabase) and am using slug to fetch the correct data from the external database. The way I envision is to capture the slug from the url path. For example: www.creatorbackstage.co/c/[user_slug]

However, I am currently encountering a bit difficulty of setting up the [user_slug] in the url path. It seems the best I could do is sending a parameter. Is there a way to define the path instead?

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Hi! You can definitely set up a path-based slug in Bubble instead of sending it as a parameter. You’ll just need to use “path parameters” by making the page a reusable, slug-driven page type.

Here’s how to do it:

  1. Make the page a “thing” page
    Set the page’s content type to User or whatever data type your slug belongs to.
  2. Use the built-in “slug” field
    Bubble automatically lets you load a thing via its slug.
    So if your page type is User and a User has slug = “john-doe”, then:
    www.creatorbackstage.co/c/john-doe
    will load that User as the page’s thing without needing a parameter.
  3. Routing trick
    Create a page called c and set its content type to User → now /c/[slug] works by default.
  4. If using Supabase
    Since the User data isn’t stored in Bubble, you can still use the URL path slug by doing:
  • On page load → “Get path segment #2”
  • Use that value to fetch the correct record from Supabase.
    You don’t need to set a Bubble thing — just read the slug from the path.

Key point: Bubble won’t generate the slug for external DB objects, but it will let you read the path like /c/whatever-slug and use that in your API call.

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Thanks! So if I use the external database, do I just use the WF “go to external website” and write the URL manually?

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No, you don’t need “Go to external website” at all. That’s only for leaving your app.

Since you’re using Supabase as an external collection via Bubble’s Data → External collections

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sorry- do you mind elaborating more on where to find what you are describing?

I’m trying to add a second path (e.g., a slug coming from Supabase to the url), but not sure how to attach it, except for use “go to an external website” and manually write the url there.