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Hi everyone,

I'm developing an integration using ServiceM8's self hosted add‑on functionality and I've encountered an issue with retrieving the company_uuid parameter on both client and job cards.

In my manifest file, I have defined action URLs that include placeholder tokens (for example, {ClientUUID} for client cards and {JobClientUUID} for job cards). My expectation was that ServiceM8 would automatically replace these tokens with the actual company UUID from the current page's context when the user clicks the add‑on button. However, when I inspect the network requests, I still see the placeholder tokens instead of the real UUIDs.

For example, on the client card, the UUID is stored in a hidden input field like this:

<div id="PluginJobDispatchManageJob_PostNoteButtonaf7321ce25ec8466" class="PluginJobDispatchManageJob_PostNoteButton">
    <input type="button" class="ButtonSecondary ButtonSmall" name="post_note" value="Save Note" data-object-name="company" data-object-uuid="3864c85a-54fa-49d5-84f8-1f8d7ffb941b" id="ext-gen1473">
</div>

And in my manifest, the URL for the client action is defined as:

"actionURL": "https://my.url/wp-json/servicem8/v1/toggle-portal?company_uuid={ClientUUID}"

Similarly, on the job card, the UUID is stored in a hidden input within a container like this:

<div class="SelectCompanyComboBox">
    <input type="hidden" name="company_uuid" value="3864c85a-54fa-49d5-84f8-1f8d7ffb941b">
    <!-- other elements -->
</div>

When the add‑on button is clicked, I expected ServiceM8 to substitute {ClientUUID} or {JobClientUUID} with the actual value from the page. Instead, the URL still contains the placeholder.

Does ServiceM8 automatically replace these tokens, or is there an additional step needed to extract the UUID from the DOM and pass it to the API call? Any advice or best practices for reliably retrieving and using the UUID in both client and job cards would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!