Add class to body when url changes using Jquery? - javascript

I'm using a plugin in ajax that filter some products of my site.
The url changes without reload the page.
I need indentify the url, split the words and add those class to body.
E.G: I filter some products, then my url changes to https://website.com/size=big/color=yellow,green,dark-red
So, this classes would be added to body: size big color yellow green dark-red
I have this code but I don't know how to make it work.
$(window).on('hashchange', function(e){
$('body').
});
Thanks.

UPDATE: Based on the comment thread in my answer it seems that you're really trying to convert the querystring values to css class names.
You can use the window.location.search to access all the querystring parameters.
function updateBodyClasses() {
var classNames = [];
// Use `.split()` to separate each key/value pair in the query by `&`
window.location.search.split('&')
// and loop over the results
.forEach(function(c) {
// Now split each pair by '='
var pair = c.split['='];
// Add the value to the left of the '='
if (pair.length > 0) {
classNames.push(pair[0]);
// if there are values on the right of the '='...
if (pair.length > 1) {
// ... split them by ',' and loop through them
pair[1].split(',').forEach(function(t) {
classNames.push(t);
});
}
}
});
// Now append those classNames to the body
$('body').addClass(classNames.join(' '));
}
// If your ajax plugin modifies the url via HTML5 history api...
$(window).on('popstate', updateBodyClasses);
// Update classes on page load
$(window).on('load', updateBodyClasses);
// If the ajax plugin modifies the url using window.location.replace()
// you'll need to check on an interval whether things have changed
// and update accordingly. the following example does this every 1000 milliseconds (or every second)
setInterval(updateBodyClasses, 1000);

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How to access and use multiple data from json object? Do I need to make an array?

I am a beginner and using $.get to retrieve data from a rest API such as:
[{"id":"1","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item1.jpg","price":"99","description":"Mobile Phone"},
{"id":"2","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item2.jpg","price":"98","description":"Laptop"}
{"id":"3","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item3.jpg","price":"92","description":"Console"}] }
$.get('http://xxxxxxxxxxx,
function (data) {
var obj = $.parseJSON(data);
So from what I understand I have retrieved the data from the REST API and parsed it so it is stored in a variable called obj.
My question is, how do I access and use each unique record in the obj variable?
Each record has it's own picture (item1.jpg, item2.jpg etc).
Whem my app loads I want it to show the item1.jpg image, and I want to be able to navigate to the other item pictures using buttons (previous / next).
I also want the description and price to be displayed underneath in some text input fields.
What I have figured so far is that I should:
Iterate through the obj variable, and store each record into an array.
Upon app initialisation I can set the default value for the image placeholder to array[index0].url, and set the description and price fields.
I can then set the previous and next buttons to array[currentIndex-1] or array[currentIndex+1].
Would this be the best way to do it?
Or can I just do this without using an array and manipulate the obj.data directly?
Thanks!!!
I may not be understanding what exactly what you want to do but I think I have the gist. If you just want to show the picture then the array of just images probably wouldn't be a bad idea. However, it looks like the Jason you're getting is already in an array. You can just use array index notation to get to what you want.
ie)
var arr = //your json response ;
var current = 0; //sets currently displayed object to the first in the array
var setCurrent = function () {
var image = arr[current]["url"];
}
You can then modify current however you want (on click on arrow iterate up/down, etc) then call the setCurrent function to set your image the the one you want. Hope that helps!
You can use the response you have from $.get() directly.
It is an array of objects.
You can use it like this:
console.log(data[2].description);
// outputs: "Console"
I've made a CodePen demo where it has a 4th object with a real image url to show you how to use the url info...
EDIT
Just in case you wouldn't know this:
You can use the response inside the scope of the $.get() callback...
You can not use it straith after the $.get() outside the callback since $.get() is asynchronous.
You can use it in some other handler wich will happen after the response is received.
var getResponse;
$.get('http://xxxxxxxxxxx', function (data) {
getResponse = data;
console.log(data[2].description);
// outputs: "Console"
console.log(getResponse[2].description);
// outputs: "Console"
});
console.log(getResponse[2].description);
// outputs: "Undefined"
// But since this handler will be triggered long after the response is obtained:
$("#somebutton").click(function(){
console.log(getResponse[2].description);
// outputs: "console"
});
In order for your page javascript to be able to access the data retrieved from your ajax request, you'll need to assign it to some variable which exists outside the callback function.
You will need to wait until the ajax request has been processed before you can read the array. So you might want to set the actual default image to be something that doesn't rely on the ajax request (a local image).
Here's a simple approach
// fake testing ajax func
function fakeget (url, callback) {
setTimeout(callback(JSON.stringify([
{"id":"1","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item1.jpg","price":"99","description":"Mobile Phone"}, {"id":"2","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item2.jpg","price":"98","description":"Laptop"},
{"id":"3","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item3.jpg","price":"92","description":"Console"}
])), 1000);
}
// real code starts here
// global variables for ajax callback and setImg func to update
var imageData, currentImg;
// change this back to $.get for real
fakeget('http://xxxxxxxxxxx',
function (data) {
imageData = $.parseJSON(data);
setImg(0);
}
);
function setImg(index) {
// turns negative indices into expected "wraparound" index
currentImg = (index % imageData.length + imageData.length) % imageData.length;
var r = imageData[currentImg];
$("#theImg").attr('src', r.url);
$('#theDescription').text(r.price + " " + r.description);
}
$("#prev").click(function () {
setImg(currentImg - 1);
});
$("#next").click(function () {
setImg(currentImg + 1);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
<img id='theImg' src='somedefault.jpg'>
<div id='theDescription'></div>
</div>
<button id='prev'>Prev</button>
<button id='next'>Next</button>
Few observations :
Your JSON Object is not a valid JSON.
No need to parse it again your data is already a JSON Object.
Working fiddle
var data = [{"id":"1","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item1.jpg","price":"99","description":"Mobile Phone"},{"id":"2","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item2.jpg","price":"98","description":"Laptop"}, {"id":"3","url":"http:\/\/123.456.78.910\/workforce\/images\/item3.jpg","price":"92","description":"Console"}];
for (var i in data) {
var imgUrl = data[i].url;
console.log(imgUrl);
}

Ajax call in "for" loops skips odd/even iterations

If I am here asking it is because we are stuck on something that we do not know how to solve. I must admit, we already searched in StackOverflow and search engines about a solution.. but we didn't manage to implement it / solve the problem.
I am trying to create a JavaScript function that:
detects in my html page all the occurrences of an html tag: <alias>
replaces its content with the result of an Ajax call (sending the
content of the tag to the Ajax.php page) + localStorage management
at the end unwraps it from <alias> tag and leaves the content returned from ajax call
the only problem is that in both cases it skips some iterations.
We have made some researches and it seems that the "problem" is that Ajax is asynchronous, so it does not wait for the response before going on with the process. We even saw that "async: false" is not a good solution.
I leave the part of my script that is interested with some brief descriptions
// includes an icon in the page to display the correct change
function multilingual(msg,i) {
// code
}
// function to make an ajax call or a "cache call" if value is in localStorage for a variable
function sendRequest(o) {
console.log(o.variab+': running sendRequest function');
// check if value for that variable is stored and if stored for more than 1 hour
if(window.localStorage && window.localStorage.getItem(o.variab) && window.localStorage.getItem(o.variab+'_exp') > +new Date - 60*60*1000) {
console.log(o.variab+': value from localStorage');
// replace <alias> content with cached value
var cached = window.localStorage.getItem(o.variab);
elements[o.counter].innerHTML = cached;
// including icon for multilingual post
console.log(o.variab+': calling multilingual function');
multilingual(window.localStorage.getItem(o.variab),o.counter);
} else {
console.log(o.variab+': starting ajax call');
// not stored yet or older than a month
console.log('variable='+o.variab+'&api_key='+o.api_key+'&lang='+o.language);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: my_ajax_url,
data: 'variable='+o.variab+'&api_key='+o.api_key+'&lang='+o.language,
success: function(msg){
// ajax call, storing new value and expiration + replace <alias> inner html with new value
window.localStorage.setItem(o.variab, msg);
var content = window.localStorage.getItem(o.variab);
window.localStorage.setItem(o.variab+'_exp', +new Date);
console.log(o.variab+': replacement from ajax call');
elements[o.counter].innerHTML = content;
// including icon for multilingual post
console.log(o.variab+': calling multilingual function');
multilingual(msg,o.counter);
},
error: function(msg){
console.warn('an error occured during ajax call');
}
});
}
};
// loop for each <alias> element found
//initial settings
var elements = document.body.getElementsByTagName('alias'),
elem_n = elements.length,
counter = 0;
var i = 0;
for(; i < elem_n;i++) {
var flag = 0;
console.info('var i='+i+' - Now working on '+elements[i].innerHTML);
sendRequest({
variab : elements[i].innerHTML,
api_key : settings.api_key,
language : default_lang,
counter : i
});
$(elements[i]).contents().unwrap().parent();
console.log(elements[i].innerHTML+': wrap removed');
}
I hope that some of you may provide me some valid solutions and/or examples, because we are stuck on this problem :(
From our test, when the value is from cache, the 1st/3rd/5th ... values are replaced correctly
when the value is from ajax the 2nd/4th .. values are replaced
Thanks in advance for your help :)
Your elements array is a live NodeList. When you unwrap things in those <alias> tags, the element disappears from the list. So, you're looking at element 0, and you do the ajax call, and then you get rid of the <alias> tag around the contents. At that instant, element[0] becomes what used to be element[1]. However, your loop increments i, so you skip the new element[0].
There's no reason to use .getElementsByTagName() anyway; you're using jQuery, so use it consistently:
var elements = $("alias");
That'll give you a jQuery object that will (mostly) work like an array, so the rest of your code won't have to change much, if at all.
To solve issues like this in the past, I've done something like the code below, you actually send the target along with the function running the AJAX call, and don't use any global variables because those may change as the for loop runs. Try passing in everything you'll use in the parameters of the function, including the target like I've done:
function loadContent(target, info) {
//ajax call
//on success replace target with new data;
}
$('alias').each(function(){
loadContent($(this), info)
});

Can ajax be used for faceting/sorting?

I created a select from with popularity,high_to_low and low_to_high as options. I want the page to respond to these options dynamically using the ajax code
var http_option = createRequestObject();
function verifyRequest()
{
var option = document.getElementById("option").value;
if ( option )
{
var url = 'respond.pl?option='+option;
http_option.open('get', url );
http_option.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
http_option.send(null);
}
}
function handleResponse()
{
if(http_option.readyState == 4 && http_option.status == 200)
{
var response = http_option.responseText; // Text returned FROM perl script
if(response) { // UPDATE ajaxTest content
document.getElementById("id_id").innerHTML = response;
}
}
If the value of the option is 1, images are displayed as stored in DB.
If the option is 2, images are to be displayed in descending order and
If the option is 3, images are to be displayed in ascending order
The respond.pl contain appropriate code for this sorting according to options and display images in a specified div tag.
The problem is that the page responds to the options only once and the next time on changing the option, the value of options shows "on" and not the numerals 1,2,3
I need this not only to sort images but also for faceting. If this is not the right option suggest the appropriate methods used for it.
It looks like your server-side program is returning HTML. And I think that's probably a mistake in this situation. I suggest returning JSON instead. Then, you can create an onChange event handler for your selector which simply re-orders the display. There are almost certainly a number of jQuery plugins that do this without you needing to write very much code.

How do I get the title attribute as a variable to replace the hashtag in prettyPhoto?

I'm trying to replace the hashtag link of an expanded image with its title, rather than a numbered index.
I've managed to remove the unwanted numbering from the url but I don't know how to retrieve the title.
While editing the prettyPhoto javascript I've changed the SetHashtag function to this:
function setHashtag(){
var title = pp_titles;
if(typeof theRel == 'undefined') return; // theRel is set on normal calls, it's impossible to deeplink using the API
location.hash = theRel + '/'+title+'/';
};
Using 'pp_titles' in the variable though seems to pull all the titles from the whole gallery and add them to the end of the url. I just want to use the title for the current image but I'm unsure of where to retrieve it from.
You can see an example in any of the images here: http://www.sghalliday.com/urban2.html
I would also try and like to remove the hashtag from the end of the url when the user exits the gallery but that's not such a big deal for now.
Quick solution, alter these lines in prettyphoto.js and you are good to go. If title is empty URL will look ugly, but will be still functional ;)
...
...
if(!pp_alreadyInitialized && getHashtag()){
pp_alreadyInitialized = true;
// Grab the rel index to trigger the click on the correct element
hashIndex = getHashtag();
ergec = hashIndex.split("/"); // add this line
hashRel = hashIndex;
//hashIndex = hashIndex.substring(hashIndex.indexOf('/')+1,hashIndex.length-1); // comment this line
//hashRel = hashRel.substring(0,hashRel.indexOf('/')); // comment this line
hashIndex = ergec[ergec.length - 2]; // add this line
hashRel = ergec[0]; // add this line
// Little timeout to make sure all the prettyPhoto initialize scripts has been run.
...
...
function setHashtag(){
if(typeof theRel == 'undefined') return; // theRel is set on normal calls, it's impossible to deeplink using the API
location.hash = theRel + '/' + pp_titles[rel_index] + '/' + rel_index +'/'; // alter this line
};
...
...

strategies for loading data into a textarea

I have a system where the user can select templates from a dropdown menu of up to 300 options.
When the user selects one, a readonly textarea is filled with a corresponding string of length <= 1000 characters.
When the page loads, should I:
store them all in a JavaScript variable, and reference the variable on the select change?
load the content via ajax when the select changes?
You seem to already know the answer: you can preload the templates into your HTML, but then the page becomes large and slow to download, with most of the templates never being used. If you use AJAX, only the minimum necessary information gets downloaded.
You could set a function on click:
var infoArray = new Array();
$('item').click(function() {
var itemName = $(this).attr('id');
if(infoArray[itemName] !== undefined)
{
$('loader').empty().load('url', function() {
infoArray.push({itemName:$('loader').text()});
});
} else {
$('loader').empty().append(infoArray[itemName]);
}
});

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