Is there an easy way to have JavaScript mimic a User clicking an anchor tag on a page? That means the Referrer Url needs to be set. Just setting the document.location.href doesn't set the Referrer Url.
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("a").click();
});
</script>
<a href="http://example.com">Go here</a>
This doesn't work because there isn't a Click() event setup for the link.
You could do:
window.location = $("a").attr("href");
If you want to keep the referrer, you could do this:
var href = $('a').attr('href');
$('<form>').attr({action: href, method: 'GET'}).appendTo($('body')).submit();
It is hackish, but works in all browsers.
document.location.href = "#wanted_Location";
Maybe something like this is what you're looking for?
$(document).ready(function () {
$("a").each(function(){
if($(this).click()){
document.location.href = $(this).attr("href");
}
});
});
There is a simpler way to achieve it,
HTML
<a href="https://getbootstrap.com/" id="fooLinkID">Bootstrap is life </a>
JavaScript
// Simulating click after 3 seconds
setTimeout(function(){
document.getElementById('fooLinkID').click();
}, 3 * 1000);
Using plain javascript to simulate a click.
You can check working example here on jsFiddle.
Okay, referer doesn't get set using document.location (as per my other answer), might work with window.navigate(url)? If that doesn't work the following might, though it's quite - ehrm - ugly:
$(function() {
$("a").each(function(){
if($(this).click()){
$('<form method="get" action="' + $(this).attr("href") + '"></form>').appendTo("body").submit();
return false;
}
});
});