THE CONTEXT
I'm developing a web app that loads contents dynamycally, retrieving data from a
catalogue of items stored as a MongoDB database in which records of the items and their authors are in two distinct collections of the same database.
Authors ID are stored in the item field creator and refer to the author field #id. Each item can have none,one or many authors.
Item sample
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59f5de430fa594333bb338a6"),
"#id" : "http://minerva.atcult.it/rdf/000000016009",
"creator" : "http://minerva.atcult.it/rdf/47734211-2637-3895-a690-4f33412931ec",
"identifier" : "000000016009",
"issued" : "fine sec. XIV - inizi sec. XV",
"title" : "Quadrans vetus",
"label" : "Quadrans vetus"
}
Author sample
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59f5d8e80fa594333bb1d72c"),
"#id" : "http://minerva.atcult.it/rdf/0007e43e-107f-3d18-b4bc-89f8d430fe59",
"#type" : "foaf:Person",
"name" : "Risse, Wilhelm"
}
WHAT WORKS
I query the database submitting a string in a form, using this PHP script
ITEM PHP SCRIPT
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$title=$_GET['item'];
$client = new MongoDB\Client("mongodb://localhost:27017");
$db=$client->galileo;
$collection=$db->items;
$regex=new MongoDB\BSON\Regex ('^'.$title,'im');
$documentlist=$collection->find(['title'=>$regex],['projection'=>['_id'=>0,'title'=>1,'creator'=>1,'issued'=>1]]);
$items=$documentlist->toArray();
echo (json_encode($items));
?>
called by a Javascript script (new_search.js) using ajax, that has also the responsibility to attach to html document a <li class=item> for every item that matches the query, inserting the JSON fields and putting them in the provided tags ( <li class=item-name>,<li class=auth-name, and the last <li> in div class=item-info for date).
WHAT DOES NOT WORK
My intent is reproduce the pattern to retrieve author names from another collection in the same database, querying it using author field #id from the html tag <li class=auth-name, using a similar php script and a similar ajax call.
I tried to make a nested ajax call (in the one I used to retrieve the items infos) to invoke author_query.php that performs the MongoDB query on the collection of authors.
So, the question is: Is it possible use the $_GET superglobal to get the html tag that contains the author id #id in order to search it in the database?
Otherwise, how can I adjust the code to pass a javascript variable to php (not by user input) that lets me keep the content already loaded on the page?
UPDATES
To make clearer the question, I follow the tips in the comments and I updated my scripts using JSON directly to provide the needed data.
I also perfom a debug on the js code and it's clear that PHP don't provide any response,in fact ajax calls for authors name fails systematically.
I suppose that occurs because PHP don't receive the data dueto the fact I'm not using the correct syntax probably (in js code or in the php with $_GET or in both) to pass the variable author (I also tried data:'author='+author treating the JSON object author has a string). Anyway I don't understand what is the correct form to write the variable to pass using the data field of ajax().
MY SCRIPTS
JS SCRIPT new_search.js
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#submit").on("tap", function () {
var item = document.getElementById("search").value;
var author;
$.ajax({
url: "item_query.php",
type: "GET",
data: 'item=' + item,
dataType: "json",
async:false,
success: function (items) {
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
$("#items-list").append(
'<li class="item">' +
'<div class="item-photo-container">' +
'<img src=images/item_126.jpg>' +
"</div><!--end item-photo-container-->" +
'<div class="item-info">' +
'<ul>' +
'<li><a><h3 class="item-name">' + items[i].title + '</h3></a></li>' +
'<li class="auth-name">' + items[i].creator+ '</li>' +
'<li>' + items[i].issued + '</li>' +
'</ul>' +
'</div><!--end item-info-->' +
'</li><!--end item-->'
);
}
}
});
$('.item').each(function () {
author = $(this).find('.auth-name').text();
if (author == 'undefined')
$(this).find('.auth-name').text('Unknown');
else if(author.indexOf(',')!=-1) {
author='[{"author":"'+author+'"}]';
author=author.replace(/,/g,'"},{"author":"');
author = JSON.parse(author);
console.log(author);
$.ajax({
url: "author_query.php",
type: "GET",
data: author,
dataType: "json",
processData: false,
success: function (auth_json) {
$(this).find('.auth-name').text('');
var author_text=' ';
for(var i=0;i<auth_json.length;i++)
author_text+=auth_json.name+' ';
$(this).find('.auth-name').text(author_text);
},
error: function () {
console.log('Error 1');
}
});
}
else{
author='{"author":"'+author+"}";
author=JSON.parse(author);
$.ajax({
url: "author_query.php",
type: "GET",
data: author,
dataType: "json",
processData: false,
success: function (auth_json) {
$(this).find('.auth-name').text(auth_json.name);
},
error: function () {
console.log('Error 2');
}
});
}
});
});
});
AUTHOR PHP SCRIPT author_query.php
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$auth=$_GET['author'];
$client = new MongoDB\Client("mongodb://localhost:27017");
$db=$client->galileo;
$collection=$db->persons;
if(is_array($auth)){
foreach ($auth as $a){
$document=$collection->findOne(['#id'=>$a],['projection'=>['_id'=>0,'name'=>1]]);
$auth_json[]=( MongoDB\BSON\toJSON(MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP($document)));
}
}
else{
$document=$collection->findOne(['#id'=>$auth],['projection'=>['_id'=>0,'name'=>1]]);
$auth_json=( MongoDB\BSON\toJSON(MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP($document)));
}
echo (json_encode($auth_json));
?>
"I'm sure that authors array... is not empty and actually contains the authors IDs". You mean the jQuery object $('.item')? I think that it is empty, because it is created too soon.
The first $.ajax call sends an ajax request and sets a handler to add more stuff to the HTML, including elements that will match the CSS selector .item. But the handler doesn't run yet because it's asynchronous. Immediately after this, the object $('.item') is created, but it's empty because the new .item elements haven't been created yet. So no more ajax requests are sent. Some time later, the call to item_query.php returns, and the new HTML stuff is added, including the .item elements. But by now it's too late.
You say the array was not empty. I suspect you checked this by running the CSS selector after doing the search, after the return of the ajax call.
A lot of newbies have problems like this with asynchronous javascript. If you want to use the result of an asynchronous function in another function, you have to call the second function inside the callback function of the first one. (Actually there are more sophisticated ways of combining asynchronous functions together, but this is good enough for now.)
On a side note, you've done this in a slightly strange way where you save data in HTML, and then read the HTML to do some more stuff. I wouldn't use HTML as a storage place - just use variables like you would for most other things.
Try this:
$.ajax({
url: "item_query.php",
...
success: function (items) {
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
var author = items[i].creator;
var authors;
// insert code here to generate authors from author.split(',') .
// authors should look something like this: [{author: 'http://minerva.atcult.it/rdf/47734211-2637-3895-a690-4f33412931ec'}] .
$.ajax({
url: "author_query.php",
type: "GET",
data: JSON.stringify(authors),
...
success: function (auth_json) {
...
},
error: function () {
console.log('Error 1');
}
});
$("#items-list").append(
'<li class="item">' +
'<div class="item-photo-container">' +
'<img src=images/item_126.jpg>' +
"</div><!--end item-photo-container-->" +
'<div class="item-info">' +
'<ul>' +
'<li><a><h3 class="item-name">' + items[i].title + '</h3></a></li>' +
'<li class="auth-name">' + items[i].creator+ '</li>' +
'<li>' + items[i].issued + '</li>' +
'</ul>' +
'</div><!--end item-info-->' +
'</li><!--end item-->'
);
}
}
});
I make the first call to retrieve the item infos asynchronous and the nested that search for the authors name synchronous. In this way I solved the problem.
For sure it is not the best solution, and it needs a quite long,but acceptable, time (<1 second) to load the content.
JS SCRIPT
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#submit").on("tap", function () {
var item = document.getElementById("search").value;
$.ajax({
url: "item_query.php",
type: "GET",
data: 'item=' + item,
dataType: "json",
success: function (items) {
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
var authors_names=' ';
var authors= JSON.stringify(items[i]);
if(authors.indexOf('creator')!=-1){
if(authors.charAt(authors.indexOf('"creator":')+'"creator":'.length)!='[')
authors=authors.substring(authors.indexOf('"creator":"'),authors.indexOf('"',authors.indexOf('"creator":"')+'"creator":"'.length)+1);
else
authors=authors.substring(authors.indexOf('"creator"'),authors.indexOf(']',authors.indexOf('"creator"'))+1);
authors='{'+authors+'}';
//console.log(authors);
$.ajax({
url: "author_query_v3.php",
type: "GET",
data: 'authors='+authors,
dataType:"json",
async:false,
success: function (auth_json) {
authors=[];
authors=auth_json;
var author;
for(var j=0;j<authors.length;j++){
author=JSON.parse(authors[j]);
authors_names+=author.name+" | ";
}
console.log(authors_names);
},
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
console.log(jqXHR+' '+textStatus+ ' '+errorThrown);
}
});
}
else{
authors_names='Unknown';
}
$("#items-list").append(
'<li class="item">' +
'<div class="item-photo-container">' +
'<img src=images/item_126.jpg>' +
"</div><!--end item-photo-container-->" +
'<div class="item-info">' +
'<ul>' +
'<li><a><h3 class="item-name">' + items[i].title + '</h3></a></li>' +
'<li class="auth-name">' + authors_names+ '</li>' +
'<li>' + items[i].issued + '</li>' +
'</ul>' +
'</div><!--end item-info-->' +
'</li><!--end item-->'
);
}
}
});
});
});
PHP SCRIPT
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$auth=$_GET['authors'];
$client = new MongoDB\Client("mongodb://localhost:27017");
$db=$client->galileo;
$collection=$db->persons;
$auth=json_decode($auth);
$auth=$auth->creator;
if(is_array($auth)) {
foreach ($auth as $a) {
$document = $collection->findOne(['#id' => $a], ['projection' => ['_id' => 0, 'name' => 1]]);
$auth_json[] = (MongoDB\BSON\toJSON(MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP($document)));
}
}
else{
$document=$collection->findOne(['#id'=>$auth],['projection'=>['_id'=>0,'name'=>1]]);
$auth_json[]=( MongoDB\BSON\toJSON(MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP($document)));
}
echo(json_encode($auth_json));
?>
Related
Good morning, I come to you guys looking for some assistance getting two functions to work. I think I'm almost there but I'm missing something. I cannot get the field in SharePoint to update but I can get my document to open no problem. Is something missing in the code below?
<script type="text/javascript">
function fnUpdateRecord(userId, id) {
$.getJSON("PROGRAM/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/List(" + id + ")?$select=ViewBy", function (data) {
var viewby = data.d.ViewBy;
var username = userId;
var doc = new Object();
doc.ViewBy = username;
$.ajax({
method: "POST",
url: "PROGRAM/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/List(" + id + ")",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
processData: false,
beforeSend: beforeSendFunction,
data: JSON.stringify(doc),
dataType: "json",
error: function (xhr) {
alert(xhr.status + ": " + xhr.statusText);
},
success: function () {
}
});
});
}
function fnRecordAccess(id, path) {
$.ajax({
url: "GetCurrentUser.aspx",
context: document.body
}).success(function(result) {
var userId = $(result).find('.wtf').text()
fnUpdateRecord(userId, id);
window.open(path, "othrWn");
}).error(function(error) {
console.log(error);
});
}
</script>
I think call those functions via an OnClick:
onclick='fnRecordAccess(" + i.Id + ", "" + path + "")'><i class='fa fa-lg fa-pencil'></i> View</a>
I can get the item/infopath form to load in another window but it doesn't seem to run the function to add the username in the ViewBy column. Any ideas? Thank you for assisting!
Edit: Added fnCountrySearch; this calls the other functions.
function fnCountrySearch(choice) {
fnWaitDialog("show");
var searchId = choice;
$("#tableBody tr").remove();
$.getJSON("PROGRAM/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/List?$filter=Country eq '" + searchId + "'&$orderby=Name", function (data) {
var d = data.d;
if (d.results.length == 0) {
$("#noResultsAlert").show();
$("#notingQueried").hide();
}
else {
$.each(d.results, function (n, i) {
var path = i.Path + "/" + i.Name;
$("#tableBody").append("<tr><td>" + "<a class='btn btn-sm btn-default' class='pull-left' href='#' onclick='fnRecordAccess(" + i.Id + ", "" + path + "")'><i class='fa fa-lg fa-pencil'></i> View</a></td></tr>");
});
$("#noResultsAlert").hide();
$("#notingQueried").hide();
}
})
.always(function () {
fnWaitDialog("hide");
});
}
The beforeSendFunction:
function beforeSendFunction(xhr) {
// Manipulate headers for update
xhr.setRequestHeader("If-Match", "*");
// Using MERGE so that the entire entity doesn't need to be sent over the wire.
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-HTTP-Method", 'MERGE');
}
REST
To compare your code with published examples, you can refer to Microsoft's documentation of SharePoint 2010's REST interface here:
Data Access for Client Applications: Using the REST Interface
Reference Implementation: Client: Using the REST Interface from JavaScript
JSOM
SharePoint 2010 does have a JavaScript client object model that you can use as an alternative to the REST API. This can be an especially attractive option if you find yourself invoking the REST API via JavaScript, since the client object model does not require additional libraries.
If you were to rewrite your fnUpdateRecord method to use the JavaScript client object model it would look like this:
fnUpdateRecord(userId, id){
var listName = "List", fieldName = "ViewBy", newValue = userId + " # " + new Date() + ";\n";
var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext();
var list = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle(listName);
var item = list.getItemById(id);
clientContext.load(item);
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this,function(){
// get current field value...
var currentValue = item.get_item(fieldName);
item.set_item(fieldName, newValue + currentValue);
item.update();
// update the field with the new value
clientContext.executeQueryAsync();
}),Function.createDelegate(this,function(sender,args){alert(args.get_message());}));
}
Note that when using the JavaScript Client Object Model, you need to wait for the SP.JS library to load first. This can be accomplished using the built-in ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded method like so:
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(yourFunctionName,"SP.JS");
or
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(function(){
// your code here
},"SP.JS");
I am trying to load data into table using JQuery and AJAX but when I click on the button data is not retrieved. I have done coding as shown below:
var globalgrid;
Here I am going to call json url and try to display it in the table.
function loadgrid() {
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json',
url: 'http://instatalk.in/sip/GetApprovedUsersList?page=1&limit=10',
success: function(griddata) {
globalgrid = griddata.lines;
// remove all data - but the headers!
$("#gridtable").find("tr:gt(0)").remove();
if (globalgrid.length === 0) {
$('#errormsg').html('Sorry, <strong>no</strong> rows returned!');
return;
}
for (var i = 0; i < globalgrid.length; i++) {
var line = globalgrid[i];
// insert after last row!
$('#gridtable > tbody:last').append('<tr><td>' + line.Id + '</td><td>' + line.AccountId + '</td><td>' + line.Name + '</td><td>' + line.IsFranchiseUser + '</td></tr>');
}
},
error: function(data, errorText) {
$("#errormsg").html(errorText).show();
}
});
}
I am getting the table heading only. When I click on the button I want data to be retrieved from the json data. I don't know where I am going wrong. Please do help.
This is my json file:
{"results":[{"Id":17,"AccountId":"5737329468","Name":"Martin (Nigeria)","IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id"
:16,"AccountId":"3644824444","Name":"Deep Patel","IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id":15,"AccountId":"4692068407"
,"Name":"Jacob (kiribati)","IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id":14,"AccountId":"4650982975","Name":"sebin John
(spain)","IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id":13,"AccountId":"2855375107","Name":"Jassi want(new jersey)"
,"IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id":12,"AccountId":"6242007588","Name":"Moussa","IsFranchiseUser":false}
,{"Id":11,"AccountId":"3075258818","Name":"srkrbm (saudi arab)","IsFranchiseUser":true},{"Id":10,"AccountId"
:"3615509810","Name":"Om Saini","IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id":9,"AccountId":"9251133143","Name":"swati
mohandas","IsFranchiseUser":false},{"Id":8,"AccountId":"8143395019","Name":"babu Kuppu","IsFranchiseUser"
:false}],"totalAccounts":16}
This line: globalgrid = griddata.lines;
According to your Json data format, you should use griddata.results.
Can anyone tell me why I get an error on the 2nd line saying 'unexpected string' but works fine when I have it directly on my view (i'm using MVC 3, not that it makes a difference):
function getUsers(processId) {
$.ajax({
url: "#Url.Action('GetProcessApprovers', 'Risk')",
data: { processId: processId },
dataType: "json",
type: "POST",
error: function () {
alert("An error occurred.");
},
success: function (data) {
var items = "<option value=\"\">-- Please select --</option>"
if (data != "") {
$.each(data, function (i, item) {
items += "<option value=\"" + item.Value + "\">" + item.Text + "</option>";
});
}
$("#ProcessOwnerId").html(items);
}
});
};
Because your url: "#Url.Action('GetProcessApprovers', 'Risk')", only executes in the context of the view, not in an external JS file. It's razor code.
You need to pass the url to the Javascript in some other way, perhaps as a parameter of your function.
getUsers(processId, ajaxUrl)
Another way would be to write out the url from the HtmlHelper into a data attribute in your view and then pick it up in your Javascript.
HTML
<div id="someContainer" data-url="#Url.Action('GetProcessApprovers', 'Risk')">...
JS
var url = $("#someContainer").attr("data-url");
Your url parametre is has the issue.
please change it like this:
url: '#Url.Action("GetProcessApprovers", "Risk")',
Hope it works
I have a function for getting records from database on keyup event.
Here is my code:
function displaySearch(key) {
$.ajax({
type:"POST",
url:"searchprofile.php",
data:{
k:key
},
success:function(data){
var details_arr=data.split("+");
$('.searchresult').empty();
for(var i=0;i<details_arr.length-1;i++){
$('.searchresult').append("<div class='profile' id='searchprofile'><img class='profilepic' src='images/profile.jpg'/><div class='doctorname'><div class='pname' onclick='saveName("+details_arr[i]+")'>"+details_arr[i]+"</div></div></div>");
$('.searchresult').show();
$('.searchresult .profile').show();
}
details_arr.length=0;
}
});
}
But i am getting javascript error here saying "Unexpected token ILLEGAL".
How do i give the onclick function with the value of details_arr[i]?
Please help.
As you have jQuery, you really shouldn't inline code. As you see it makes it more difficult to handle quotes inside quoted strings (yes, you're missing quotes around your argument to saveName).
You may do this :
(function(i){
$('.searchresult').append(
"<div class='profile' id='searchprofile'>"
+ "<img class='profilepic' src='images/profile.jpg'/>"
+ "<div class='doctorname'>"
+ "<div id=someId class='pname'>"+details_arr[i] // <- give some Id
+"</div></div></div>"
);
$('#someId').click(function(){saveName(details_arr[i])});
})(i);
$('.searchresult').show();
Note that I used a closure to ensure that i has the needed value in the callback (not the value at end of iteration).
Be careful with the split: on most browsers "+aaa".split('+') makes ["", "aaa"] and as you don't iterate up to the end of the array, this sample string would made you iterate on nothing.
function openNow(x)
{
var pageUrl = '<%=ResolveUrl("~/OnFriends.php")%>'
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: pageUrl + '/CreateNew',
data: '{k: "'+ x +'"}',
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success:function(data)
{
<---Now Do Your Code Hear--->
}
});
}
CreateNew is my web service what i created in .php file
I would use something like that
bare in mind ID must be unique inside a document (HTML Page)
because the content is generated on the fly; it's better to use the JQuery "on"
$(".pname").on("click", function (event) {
saveName($(this).text());
});
event handler to bind the click event
function displaySearch(key){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "searchprofile.php",
data: {
k: key
},
success: function(data) {
var details_arr = data.split("+");
var searchResults = "";
for (var i = 0; i < details_arr.length - 1; i++) {
searchResults += "<div class='profile'>" +
"<img class='profilepic' src='images/profile.jpg'/>" +
"<div class='doctorname'>" +
"<div class='pname'>" + details_arr[i] +
"</div></div></div>";
}
$('.searchresult').html(searchResults).show();
}
});
}
$(".pname").on("click", function (event) {
saveName($(this).text());
});
use the Jquery html to replace everything inside searchresult outside the loop that way it
will be called once not details_arr.length - 1 times
you should tell the line at which you are getting error
i think you did not specified you web service in ajax call at...
"url:"searchprofile.php"
Finally got the onclick function working. :)
Instead of appending the div everytime, i just editted my php page by adding the html i needed in the data that is returned in ajax.
I'm doing a simple ajax query which retrieves a variable-length list of values as JSON data. I'm trying to make a list based on this data which has click-functions based on the values I got from the JSON query. I can make this work just fine by writing the onClick-methods into the HTML like this:
function loadFooList() {
var list_area = $("#sidebar");
list_area.html("<ul>")
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url:'/data/foo/list',
dataType: 'json',
success: function (json) {
$.each(json, function(i, item) {
var link_id = "choosesfoo" + item.id;
list_area.html(list_area.html()
+ "<li> <a href='#' onClick='alert(\"" +
link_id + "\");'>" +
item.name + "</a></li>");
});
list_area.html(list_area.html() + "</ul>");
}
});
}
I don't like writing the onClick-function into the HTML and I also want to learn how to create this same functionality via JQuery click-function.
So the problem is obviously variable-scoping. My naive attempt here obviously won't work because the variables are no longer there when the click happens:
function loadFooList2() {
var list_area = $("#sidebar");
var link_ids = Array();
list_area.html("<ul>")
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url:'/data/foo/list',
dataType: 'json',
success: function (json) {
$.each(json, function(i, item) {
var link_id = "choosefoo" + item.id;
list_area.html(list_area.html()
+ "<li> <a href='#' id='" + link_id + "'>"+item.name+"</a></li>");
link_ids.push(link_id);
});
list_area.html(list_area.html() + "</ul>");
for (link_index=0; link_index<link_ids.length; link_index++) {
$("#" + link_ids[link_index]).click(function() {
alert(link_ids[i]);
});
}
}
});
}
Obviously I'd like to do something else than just alert the value, but the alert-call is there as long as I can get that working and move forward.
I understand that I'll have to make some kind of handler-function to which I pass a state-variable. This works for a single value (I can store the whole link_ids array just fine, but then I don't know which of them is the right value for this link), but how would I do this for arbitrary-length lists?
Here is an example from JQuery docs which I'm trying to copy:
// get some data
var foobar = ...;
// specify handler, it needs data as a paramter
function handler(data) {
//...
}
// add click handler and pass foobar!
$('a').click(function(){
handler(foobar);
});
// if you need the context of the original handler, use apply:
$('a').click(function(){
handler.apply(this, [foobar]);
});
And I quess the last example here, "if you need the context of the original handler..." would probably be what I want but I don't know exactly how to get there. I tried to store the current link_id value into this, use it from this in the applied function (using apply()) but I didn't succeed. The necessary values were still undefined according to FireFox. I'm using JQuery 1.3.2.
So what's the right solution for this relatively basic problem?
Use append instead of html():
function loadFooList() {
var ul = $('<ul>');
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url:'/data/foo/list',
dataType: 'json',
success: function (json) {
$.each(json, function(i, item) {
var link_id = "choosesfoo" + item.id;
var a = $('<a>').attr('href','#').bind('click', function(e) {
alert(link_id,item_name);
e.preventDefault();
});
$('<li>').append(a).appendTo(ul);
});
ul.appendTo('#sidebar'); // this is where the DOM injection happens
}
});
}
So the problem appears to be getting the link id associated with the link so that your click handler has access to it. Note that if it's alphanumeric it will qualify for the id attribute and you can extract it from there. If it is purely numeric, it will be an illegal id attribute. In that case, you can either use an attribute, like rel, or the jQuery.data() method to store the link id with the link. You can also simplify by using append. I'll show both examples.
var link = $("<li><a href='#' id='" + link_id + "'>" + item.name + "</a></li>";
link.click( function() {
alert( $(this).attr('id') );
});
list_area.append(link);
or (if numeric)
var link = $("<li><a href='#'>" + item.name + "</a></li>";
link.data('identifier', link_id )
.click( function() {
alert( $(this).data('identifier') );
});
list_area.append(link);
Try this:
function loadFooList() {
var list_area = $("#sidebar");
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url:'/data/foo/list',
dataType: 'json',
success: function (json) {
var out = '<ul>';
$.each(json, function(i, item) {
var link_id = "choosefoo" + item.id;
out +="<li><a href='#' id='" + link_id + "'>"+item.name+"</a></li>";
});
out +="</ul>"
var $out = $(out);
$out.find('a').click(function(){
var link_id = this.id;
var item_name = $(this).text();
alert(link_id);
alert(link_name);
})
list_area.html($out);
}
});
}
Using multiple appends causing the browser to redraw multiple times in a row. You only want to modify the dom once.