jQuery replace a given link with another

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I have a lot of links I have to modify. I have to replace each url of them with a hardcoded link.

For example path/to/something.html?L into this/is/the/right/path.html?L

Everything until ?L has to be replaced. Everything in first path until the ?L parameter is dynamic.

How could I do this?

Adil · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-09 16:01:40Z

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You can do it this way,

prev = $('a[href^=path/to/something.html]').attr('href')
required = prev.split('?')[1];

$('a[href^=path/to/something.html]').attr('href', 'this/is/the/right/path.html?' + required);

edited Aug 9, 2012 at 16:01

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 15:56

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VVV Over a year ago

You need to add the "?" to the new attribute or else it will just add the "required" to the href.

VVV · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-09 15:53:36Z

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try this

$('a[href="path/to/something.html?L"]').attr('href', 'this/is/the/right/path.html?L')

Basically what it says is to find all the links with a certain href and replace the href with the new one.

Is L a constant or is it just for an example and L can be multiple things?

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 15:53

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YeppThat'sMe Over a year ago

path/to/something.html can be any other link instead of the ?L parameter

VVV Over a year ago

Ok then Adil's answer will serve better.

YeppThat'sMe Over a year ago

But after die ?L can be more different parameters but i think this is a good breakpoint

VVV Over a year ago

then you need to split the href where the "?" is and replace only the first part with the new link. Adil's answer shows you how!

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