How to change the href attribute for a hyperlink using jQuery?

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The jQuery attr() method is used to change the href attribute for a hyperlink. Query attr() method is used to fetch the value of any standard attribute from the matched HTML element(s). Let us see an example.

First, get the current URL −

var httpUrl = $(this).attr("href");

Create a new URL by replacing the above using the replace() −

var httpsUrl = httpUrl.replace("http://", "https://");

We will convert the https links to link using what we saw above −

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Example

Let us see the complete example to change the href attribute for a hyperlink −


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <title>jQuery Example</title>
   <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.1.min.js"></script>
   <script>
      $(document).ready(function(){
         $('a[href^="http://"]').each(function(){
            var httpUrl = $(this).attr("href"); // Get current url
            var httpsUrl = httpUrl.replace("http://", "https://"); // Create new url
            $(this).attr("href", httpsUrl);
         });
      });
   </script>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>Old to New URL</h1>
   <p>We have converted http to https below:</p>
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</body>
</html>

Output

AmitDiwan

Updated on: 01-Nov-2022

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