# External URL App: open a configured destination

**URL:** <https://community.bigid.com/t/external-url-app-open-a-configured-destination/14>\
**Category:** Solutions Gallery\
**Tags:** code-solution\
**Created:** [November 3, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://community.bigid.com/t/external-url-app-open-a-configured-destination/14 "2026-11-03T02:32:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://community.bigid.com/t/external-url-app-open-a-configured-destination/14/1 "2026-11-03T02:32:32Z")

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**Resource type:** Code solution

**Product or industry:** BigID interactive apps

**Use case or problem:** Provides a simple app action for opening a user-configured external page from BigID.

**Solution or resource:** The app advertises an `updateURL` action, remembers the chosen URL and app name in memory, and opens the configured destination in a browser tab. It defaults to `https://bigid.com/` and listens on port 3000.

**Links or attachments:**

> **[GitHub - bigidsecure/external-url-app: Opens external URL in BigID](https://github.com/bigidsecure/external-url-app)**
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> Opens external URL in BigID

**Getting started:** Follow the README to run with npm or Docker.

**Limitations:** The endpoints have no authentication and the destination is not allowlisted. This is a demo; restrict network access and reachable destinations, and do not expose it to untrusted networks.