JavaScript - Url Forwarder
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You can use the call window.location.href to forward a user to another page, or see the current URL and pick out query parameters etc.
Here's an example of forwarding to another page.
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url_forwarder_javascript.html:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Url Fowarder (in JavaScript)</title>
</head>
<body>
Forwarding you to different URL...<br><br>
<i>INSTRUCTIONS</i>: Your URL on this page should end in "<b>#<ANCHOR_ID></b>"<br>
<i>EXAMPLE</i>: "<a href="url_forwarder_javascript.html#Status_Bar">url_forwarder_javascript.html#Status_Bar</a>"<br>
<script>
var currentUrl = window.location.href;
var idx = currentUrl.indexOf('#');
if (idx <= 0) {
window.alert('Wrong URL format to forward: ' + currentUrl + ' should end with: "#<ANCHOR_ID>"');
console.log('Wrong URL format to forward: ' + currentUrl + ' should end with: "#<ANCHOR_ID>"');
} else {
var anchorId = currentUrl.substring(idx + 1);
console.log('Forwarding using anchorId: ' + anchorId);
window.location.href = "http://andrewnoske.com/wiki/JavaScript#" + anchorId;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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See Also
- JavaScript - other JavaScript examples.
