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hyperlink alternate text replacement

At the moment i've got this code, which replaces a span class whith a hyperlink. The hyperlink includes a abbreviation and the alternate texxt for the hyperlink includes the same abbreviation. Now what i want to do is, to somehow replace the second abbreviation in the alternate text of the hyperlink. So that there isn't "click here to visit + 'name of'abbreviation" but instead an alias. So if the abbreviaton is ggl, the alias should be google. But the hyperlink shouldn't use this alias. Can sb help me? thx
(function($) {
var number = "1234567";
function linkBuilder(abbreviation) {
return "<a href='https://www.test.com/" + abbreviation + "?sitenumber=" + number + "default'>Click here to visit " + abbreviation + "</a>";
}
function linkBuilder2(abbreviation2) {
return "<a href='https://www.test.com/" + abbreviation2 + "?sitenumber=" + number + "default'>Click here to visit " + abbreviation2 + "</a>";
}
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var fl = $(".first-link");
if (fl.length > 0) {
fl.html(linkBuilder(fl.data("abbreviation")));
}
var sl = $(".second-link");
if (sl.length > 0) {
sl.html(linkBuilder2(sl.data("abbreviation2")));
}
});
})(jQuery);

Here is a working jsfiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/e7qdx031/1/
linkBuilder() should be re-usable, as kalsowerus mentioned.
Another thing that should be mentioned is that the following code returns a collection of elements, not just a single element.
var fl = $(".first-link");
...
var sl = $(".second-link");
The code you have provided will not function properly if there are multiple .first-link classes on the page. So instead I would iterate over each element using $.each() and run the linkBuilder() function on them individually.
As for the linkBuilder function I would modify it to accept the element object, then read the properties to retrieve alias and name. Full name is something that you seemed to indicate you need, but was not present in the code.
(function($) {
var number = "123456";
function linkBuilder($obj) {
var abbreviation = $obj.data('abbreviation');
var name = $obj.data('name');
return "<a href='https://www.test.com/" + abbreviation + "?sitenumber=" + number + "default'>Click here to visit " + name + "</a>";
}
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
$('.first-link, .second-link').each(function(index, obj){
$(obj).html(linkBuilder($(obj)));
});
});
})(jQuery);

What you probably want is something like this:
function linkBuilder(abbreviation, alias) {
return "<a href='https://www.test.com/" + abbreviation + "?sitenumber=" + number + "default'>Click here to visit " + alias + "</a>";
}
Just pass the display-name you want for your link as the second argument.

How to parse a JSON response in jQuery?

I'm creating a small web-app for my girlfriend and I that will allow us to keep track of the movies we want to watch together. To simplify the process of adding a movie to the list, I'm trying to use TheMovieDatabase.org's API (supports JSON only) to allow us to search for a movie by title, let the database load a few results, and then we can choose to just add a movie from the database or create our own entry if no results were found.
I'm using jQuery to handle everything and, having never used JSON before, am stuck. I wrote a short bit of code to get the JSON based on my search query, and am now trying to populate a <ul> with the results. Here's what I have.
var TMDbAPI = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie";
var moviequery = $("#search").val();
var api_key = "baab01130a70a05989eff64f0e684599";
$ul = $('ul');
$.getJSON( TMDbAPI,
{
query: moviequery,
api_key: api_key
},
function(data){
$.each(data, function(k,v) {
$ul.append("<li>" + k + ": " + v + "</li>");
}
);
});
The JSON file is structured as
{
"page":1,
"results":[
{
"adult":false,
"backdrop_path":"/hNFMawyNDWZKKHU4GYCBz1krsRM.jpg",
"id":550,
"original_title":"Fight Club",
"release_date":"1999-10-14",
"poster_path":"/2lECpi35Hnbpa4y46JX0aY3AWTy.jpg",
"popularity":13.3095569670529,
"title":"Fight Club",
"vote_average":7.7,
"vote_count":2927
}, ...
"total_pages":1,
"total_results":10
}
but all I'm getting is
page: 1
results: [object Object], ...
total_pages: 1
total_results: 10
I've searched quite extensively on the Internet for a solution, but with the little knowledge I have of JSON I wasn't able to learn much from the various examples and answers I found scattered about. What do?

It looks like what you'd like to do is write out some properties of each movie in the list. This means you want to loop over the list in data.results, like this:
// Visit each result from the "results" array
$.each(
data.results,
function (i, movie) {
var $li = $('<li></li>');
$li.text(movie.title);
$ul.append($li);
}
);
This will make a list of movie titles. You can access other properties of movie inside the each function if you want to show more elaborate information.
I added the title to the li using $li.text rather than simply doing $('<li>' + movie.title + '</li>') since this will avoid problems if any of the movie titles happen to contain < symbols, which could then get understood as HTML tags and create some funny rendering. Although it's unlikely that a movie title would contain that symbol, this simple extra step makes your code more robust and so it's a good habit to keep.

You need to traverse the results object. In the $.each function change data for data.results

You can use a simple for loop to iterate over the list/array. in the example below i am appending a list item containing the value of the key results[i].title. you can append the values of as many valid keys as you would like to the div.
var TMDbAPI = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie";
var moviequery = $("#search").val();
var api_key = "baab01130a70a05989eff64f0e684599";
$ul = $('ul');
$.getJSON( TMDbAPI,
{query: moviequery,api_key: api_key},function(data){
var results = data.results;//cast the data.results object to a variable
//iterate over results printing the title and any other values you would like.
for(var i = 0; i < results.length; i++){
$ul.append("<li>"+ results[i].title +"</li>");
}
});

html
<input id="search" type="text" placeholder="query" />
<input id="submit" type="submit" value="search" />
js
$(function () {
$("#submit").on("click", function (e) {
var TMDbAPI = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie";
var moviequery = $("#search").val();
var api_key = "baab01130a70a05989eff64f0e684599";
$.getJSON(TMDbAPI, {
query: moviequery,
api_key: api_key
},
function (data) {
$("ul").remove();
var ul = $("<ul>");
$(ul).append("<li><i>total pages: <i>"
+ data.total_pages + "\n"
+ "<i>current page: </i>"
+ data.page
+ "</li>");
$.each(data.results, function (k, v) {
$(ul).append("<li><i>title: </i>"
+ v.original_title + "\n"
+ "<i>release date: </i>" + v.release_date + "\n"
+ "<i>id: </i>" + v.id + "\n"
+ "<i>poster: </i>"
+ v.poster_path
+ "</li>");
});
$("body").append($(ul))
});
});
});
jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/guest271314/sLSHP/

js/jquery iterate through html elements to dynamically build a string

I'd like to build a string based on values defined in an html form only if they have been populated. I've successfully parsed the form fields and dropdown with a for loop ($.each()) but my ultimate goal is to dynamically build a string with the results. The string is being used to create a REST query, this is currently the only way to search based on our technologies. Does anyone have a recommended solution?
thx in advance
sample html element:
<input data-param=" prefix like '%" data-name="prefix" class="prefix uno" type="text" placeholder="pre">
working btn click event loop to capture filled in form fields:
var children = $(this).parent().children('.uno');
$.each(children, function(i, val){
if($(val).val() !== ''){
console.log($(val).data('name') + " "+ $(val).data('param') + " " + $(val).val());
}
});
goal:
var newString = field1.param + field1.val + '% ' + field2.param + field2.val + '% ';
translated:
var newString = prefix like '%01%' and name like '%tree%';

Thanks David Fregoli for the jquery serialize reference, that was close, but the solution ended up being to place the strings into a single array, change it toString(), and remove the ',' from the new string.
code:
var samp = [],
thisVal = $(this).parent().children('.uno');
$.each(thisVal, function(i, val){
if($(val).val() !== ''){
samp.push(
$(val).data('param'),
$(val).val(),
$(val).data('close')
);
}
});
itQuery.where = samp.toString().replace( /,/g , '');
result search string:
"number like '%08%' and field = 34"

Javascript - Regex : How to replace id in string with the same id plus number?

I have a string with multiple elements with id's like below:
var data = "<div id='1'></div><input type='text' id='2'/>";
Now I'm using this regex to find all the id's in the string:
var reg = /id="([^"]+)"/g;
Afterwards I want to replace all those id's with a new id. Something like this:
data = data.replace(reg, + 'id="' + reg2 + '_' + numCompare + '"');
I want reg2, as seen above, to return the value of the id's.
I'm not too familiar with Regular Expressions, so how can I go about doing this?

Instead of using regex, parse it and loop through elements. Try:
var data = "<div id='1'></div><div id='asdf'><input type='text' id='2'/></div>",
numCompare = 23,
div = document.createElement("div"),
i, cur;
div.innerHTML = data;
function updateId(parent) {
var children = parent.children;
for (i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
cur = children[i];
if (cur.nodeType === 1 && cur.id) {
cur.id = cur.id + "_" + numCompare;
}
updateId(cur);
}
}
updateId(div);
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/RbuaG/3/
This checks to see if the id is set in the first place, and only then will it modify it.
Also, it is safe in case the HTML contains a comment node (where IE 6-8 does include comment nodes in .children).
Also, it walks through all children of all elements. In your example, you only had one level of elements (no nested). But in my fiddle, I nest the <input /> and it is still modified.
To get the get the updated HTML, use div.innerHTML.
With jQuery, you can try:
var data = "<div id='1'></div><div id='asdf'><input type='text' id='2'/></div>",
numCompare = 23,
div = $("<div>"),
i, cur;
div.append(data);
div.find("[id]").each(function () {
$(this).attr("id", function (index, attr) {
return attr + "_" + numCompare;
});
});
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/tXFwh/5/
While it's valid to have the id start with and/or be a number, you should change the id of the elements to be a normal identifier.
References:
.children: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Element.children
.nodeType: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Node.nodeType
jQuery.find(): http://api.jquery.com/find/
jQuery.attr(): http://api.jquery.com/attr/
jQuery.each(): http://api.jquery.com/each/

Try using
.replace(/id='(.*?)'/g, 'id="$1_' + numCompare + '"');

Regex probably isn't the right way to do this, here is an example that uses jQuery:
var htmlstring = "<div id='1'></div><input type='text' id='2'/>";
var $dom = $('<div>').html(htmlstring);
$('[id]', $dom).each(function() {
$(this).attr('id', $(this).attr('id') + '_' + numCompare);
});
htmlstring = $dom.html();
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/fYb3U/

Using jQuery (further to your commments).
var data = "<div id='1'></div><input type='text' id='2'/>";
var output = $("<div></div>").html(data); // Convert string to jQuery object
output.find("[id]").each(function() { // Select all elements with an ID
var target = $(this);
var id = target.attr("id"); // Get the ID
target.attr("id", id + "_" + numCompare); // Set the id
});
console.log(output.html());
This is much better than using regex on HTML (Using regular expressions to parse HTML: why not?), is faster (although can be further improved by having a more direct selector than $("[id]") such as giving the elements a class).
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/georeith/E6Hn7/10/

Display form input in same page

I am working on a simple form demo and i would like the input to display in a below the form. Currently i have it populating in the console. How do i may it display in the div when i click the submit button?
My code:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.submitForm').on('click',function(event){
event.preventDefault();
$('#firstName').val();
$('#lastName').val();
$('#phoneNumber').val();
$('#address').val();
console.log($('#firstName').val());
console.log($('#lastName').val());
console.log($('#phoneNumber').val());
console.log($('#address').val());
});
});

Well, you're currently not putting the values anywhere but into the console.log.
I would expect to see something like (let's call your div you want the values to go to, "output"):
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.submitForm').on('click',function(event){
event.preventDefault();
// Borrowing from another response, this is better
// Putting these in variables protects you from
// 1) accidentally modifying your form values
// 2) invalid input, if you add some basic checks, like
// testing to see if the length is > 0, doesn't contain
// bad characters, etc.
var firstName = $('#firstName').val(),
lastName = $('#lastName').val(),
phone = $('#phoneNumber').val(),
address = $('#address').val();
// get a reference to the div you want to populate
var $out = $("#output");
// This is a better way of dealing with this
// because every call to .append() forces DOM
// reparsing, and if you do this too often, it can cause
// browser slowness. Better to put together one string
// and add it all at once.
$out.html("<p>" + firstName + "</p>" +
"<p>" + $('#lastName').val() + "</p>" +
"<p>" + $('#phoneNumber').val() + "</p>" +
"<p>" + $('#address').val() + "</p>");
});
});

$(document).ready(function() {
$('.submitForm').on('click',function(event){
event.preventDefault();
$(this).after('<div>First name: '+$('#firstName').val()+'<br>'+
'Last name: '+$('#lastName').val()+
' .... ');
});
});

First of all, the four lines where you read the .val() but don't do anything with it are essentially wasted cycles, you probably meant to store them in variables:
var firstName = $('#firstName').val();
var lastName = $('#lastName').val();
var phoneNumber = $('#phoneNumber').val();
var address = $('#address').val();
To show them in some other element, use the setter version of .val() for input types, or .text() if it's a display type (div, span, etc):
$('#someOtherElement').text(firstName + '\n' +
lastName + '\n'
phoneNumber + '\n'
address);

$(document).ready(function() {
$('.submitForm').on('click',function(event){
event.preventDefault();
//$('#firstName').val();
//$('#lastName').val();
//$('#phoneNumber').val();
//$('#address').val();
var htmlContent = $('#firstName').val() + '<br />' + $('#lastName').val() + '<br />' + $('#phoneNumber').val() + '<br />' + $('#address').val();
$('#ID_OF_YOUR_DIV_HERE').html(htmlContent);
});
});
Maybe this is what you're after??

You can add it to a div you want with .append(), for example
$("#divYouWantToAddTo").append($('#firstName'));

I don't know where to start... What is all that $('#....').val() in the middle there, wasting time only to throw away the result..?
What is wrong with document.getElementById('...').value instead of wasting time creating an entire jQuery object just to access something trivial?
Adding text to a node is as simple as container.appendChild(document.createTextNode(sometext)); - and if you want to have newlines between them you can also do container.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));.
There is no need for jQuery here at all...