Replace links in javascript

Question

I have this page that displays links from news sites. Everything works fine except for on one news site my links are followed by

,[object%20Object]

which makes the link unusable. How can I strip that away? I would like the links that are generated to look like this:

www.example.com

Instead of like this:

www.example.com/,[object%20Object]

This is what I have:

<html>
<head>
  <script>
    function top_stories(o)
  {
    var items = o.query.results.item;
    var output = '';
    var no_items=items.length;
    for(var i=0;i<no_items;i++)
      {
        var title = items[i].title;
        var link = items[i].link;
        var desc = items[i].description;
        output += "<li><a href='" + link + "'>"+title+"</a></li>";
      }
    document.getElementById('results').innerHTML = output;
  }
  </script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='results'></div>
  <script src='https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20feed%20where%20url%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fbreitbart%22&format=json&diagnostics=true&callback=top_stories'>
  </script>  
</body>
</html>

And here is a link to the page http://sspencer10.com/test.html

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Jed Fox · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-05 20:18:46Z

This is because items[i].link isn’t a string.

Instead it’s an Array:

[
  "http://short-url.for/example.com",
  {
    href: "http://www.example.com/",
    rel: "standout"
  }
]

To fix this problem, instead get the first element [0] of items[i].link:

var link = items[i].link[0];

or the href property of the second element, which is the actual link:

var link = items[i].link[1].href;

When you convert a JavaScript Array into a String, it is equivalent to array.join(","); and when you convert a JavaScript Object into a String, it becomes "[object Object]".

So, in other words:

<html>
<head>
  <script>
    function top_stories(o)
  {
    var items = o.query.results.item;
    var output = '';
    var no_items=items.length;
    for(var i=0;i<no_items;i++)
      {
        var title = items[i].title;
        var link = items[i].link[1].href;
        var desc = items[i].description;
        output += "<li><a href='" + link + "'>"+title+"</a></li>";
      }
    document.getElementById('results').innerHTML = output;
  }
  </script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='results'></div>
  <script src='https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20feed%20where%20url%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fbreitbart%22&format=json&diagnostics=true&callback=top_stories'>
  </script>  
</body>
</html>

tvanfosson · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-05 20:05:56Z

1

The link property on the item is an array. You want link[0] which is the short URL of the item or link[1].href which is the actual URL.

function top_stories(o)
{
  var items = o.query.results.item;
  var output = '';
  var no_items=items.length;
  for(var i=0;i<no_items;i++)
    {
      var title = items[i].title;
      var link = items[i].link[1].href;
      var desc = items[i].description;
      output += "<li><a href='" + link + "'>"+title+"</a></li>";
    }
  document.getElementById('results').innerHTML = output;
}

answered Sep 5, 2016 at 20:05

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