Drupal can always get the internal address from the url with the arg() function. http://api.drupal.org/api/function/arg/5

Agon S. Buchholz wrote:

Hi,

every node in Druapl has a Node ID (NID) by which internal handling is managed. Using the NID is also the safest way to link to a node. But how do I identify the NIDs?

At the moment you're installing a tool like "Pathauto" or "Urlify", all NIDs are being hidden from the URL; that's the idea of semantic URLs, but how do I now identify the NIDs, e.g. to create stable links to this node?

Is there any setting to display the NID somewhere in the node itself, or maybe a module that provides a "Node info" block containing this crucial piece of information?

Thanks, -asb