ASP.NET: How to filter a query with URL parameter?

@wld, the server action get variable does not magically access and read your url parameters on your page.
On your page, you should define your url parameter under query parameters in the app structure.
The you should bind this query parameter as a value for the the get variable of your server action...
Please check:

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It's really not something requiring months of work, but just a couple of minutes.