Pass a variable that contains a Link on a real link

[Palamar]

Hello;
I need to pass a variable that contains a Link on a real link. For example: that when you type www.neosoftware.com you will actually see the link.
I have tried some scripts in JS but they have not worked .... Any idea or action that works?
Regards!!

[luishp]

Sorry, I do not understand the problem...

[dpayer]

Something like this?

http://yourswebsite.com/?myvar=myvalue

In many cases, it will take you to the website without error. If you needed to process that variable's value on the server side, you'd need to have a php / asp / aspx file to do that.

[Palamar]

Hello!

I wanted to say that for example if I have a String that says "Hello, visit me on my website http://www.mi-sitio.com" is returned: "Hello, visit me on my website <a> http://www.mi-sitio.com </a> ".That is, that links are recognized in a string and that they are shown as such, and not as a simple text.


Spanish:
Quise decir que por ejemplo si tengo una String que diga: "Hola, visitame en mi página web http://www.mi-sitio.com" se devuelva: "Hola, visitame en mi página web <a>www.mi-sitio.com</a>". O sea, que se reconozcan links en una strings y que se muestren como tal, y no como un simple texto

Thanks!

[Gaev]

Palamar:

I wanted to say that for example if I have a String that says "Hello, visit me on my website http://www.mi-sitio.com" is returned: "Hello, visit me on my website <a> http://www.mi-sitio.com </a> ".That is, that links are recognized in a string and that they are shown as such, and not as a simple text.

In a Container object, I placed this text in the HTML property ...

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<a href="https://www.neosoftware.com">Visit NeoSoft Corp</a>

... and it displays as expected.

If you want the website page to be opened in a new tab/window (at least on desktop browsers), you can add target="_blank".

[Palamar]

No, what I need is for the program to recognize when it is a link, for example if it starts with http, or https, or www or ends in a .com. That converts that part into a link (from text to link). The initial text would be for example in a variable.
Thank you!

[Gaev]

Palamar:

what I need is for the program to recognize when it is a link, for example if it starts with http, or https, or www or ends in a .com. That converts that part into a link (from text to link). The initial text would be for example in a variable.

It can be done with Javascript ... the hard part is parsing the text to identify such patterns ... then, wrapping the html tags around them is the easy part.

I can give it a go ... but first, let us nail down all the cases of text patterns that need to be "wrapped" ...

a) starts with (space)http:// ... until another (space)
b) starts with (space)https:// ... until another (space)
c) starts with (space)www. ... until another (space)
d) starts with (space) ... until .com(space)

Any other case ?

[luishp]

Take a look at this:
http://soapbox.github.io/linkifyjs/

And also this one:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3768 ... with-links

[Palamar]

Gaev, I think those cases would be enough, the problem is to find the link in the middle of a String.
Luishp I saw before both links, the library did not finish understanding how to use it, I have already used others successfully but I do not achieve anything with this one. I would put an example of the script to use it in Neo? ... because the example that mentions on the web gives an error ...
Greetings and thanks!

[Gaev]

Palamar:

Gaev, I think those cases would be enough, the problem is to find the link in the middle of a String.

I did some experimenting on the weekend ... using NeoBook (and its native commands only), I was able to achieve a lot.

Finding (and changing) strings in the middle of the text was not an issue ... I just looked for the string with a space before it.

But I came across some exception cases that I need to discuss with you ...

a) the text starts with "http://" or "https://" etc. i.e. no leading space ... if you need to include this scenario, there is more logic (code) required to handle it ... if not required (i.e. there will always be some text and a space before the first link), let me know.

b) I am not sure how the text string will be composed ... I look for a space after "http://" or "//https:" to extract the link ... this may not always be true e.g. there is a <br/> or NeoBook's "CRLF" ([#13][#10]) at the end of the link ... can you advise if there is always going to be a space after the link e.g.

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(space)http://www.website.com(space)
(space)http://www.website.com?name=Smith(space)

... including if a link is the very last part of the text string.

[Palamar]

I see that this code works for me, what happens is that when the variable changes text it still shows the previous link. Is there any routine that changes the "each" to just that div ...?

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$('p').each(function(){
   $(this).html( $(this).html().replace(/((http|https|ftp):\/\/[\w?=&.\/-;#~%-]+(?![\w\s?&.\/;#~%"=-]*>))/g, '<a href="$1">$1</a> ') );
});

[Palamar]

Gaev,

The String may or may not contain a space before, since it will be entered by the user in an InputBox. So you should use a syntax in which you always recognize the link in the middle of a more lake text, for example:

"Hello Juan, my page is www.juan.com, visit it"

or

"Www.juan.com, this is my web"

or

"Juan.com" ..

Regards!

[Gaev]

Palamar:

1) Input Box does not allow multi-line text ... so this makes the logic a bit simpler.

2) Link text beginning at the first character can also be handled

3) However, from your examples, I see that link text can be immediately followed by a comma ... if this is expected/allowed, then it is another pattern that needs to be searched (not just ending with a space) ... let me know if links can end with characters other than a space ... if so ...

a) what other characters can they end with ?

b) do all links end with .com ... or other domain names (like .edu, .org, .uk etc.) also expected/allowed

[Palamar]

hello!:
There was a routine in Neobook (the usual) that allowed reading a String from another, here would need something similar. It does not matter if it ends with .com, .edu. Net. Or whatever, if it is a link it should convert it to such. I understand that to do the routine we should detect the beginning that could well contain these beginnings:

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(Http, https, www)

And the endings that could have these:

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(.com .net .org .info .tv .biz .ws. Com.ar)

[Gaev]

Palamar:

It does not matter if it ends with .com, .edu. Net. Or whatever, if it is a link it should convert it to such.

More easily said than done ... do you know how many different domains there are out there ? ... even using Regex (like the references in posts by luishp and you), it takes a huge amount of logic to accomplish.

And things get really complicated when you want to allow such links to be preceeded/succeeded by characters other than spaces ... now you are trying to do AI using NeoBook.

I understand that to do the routine we should detect the beginning that could well contain these beginnings: (Http, https, www)

But you also want to catch strings like juan.com i.e. ones that do not begin with Http, https, www ... so, if there is text like "visit my websitejuan.com", how does the logic know where your link starts ?

And if you allow such links to be preceeded by characters other than a space, how can the logic differentiate between ...

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www.abc.com

and

subdomain.www.abc.com

And the endings that could have these: (.com .net .org .info .tv .biz .ws. Com.ar)

1) are these the only ones you are interested ? ... or are these just examples ?

2) one of your choices is .com.ar ... which would require a lot of logic to make sure the link is not cut off after .com ... UK and many countries in the British Commonwealth use such patterns ... as well as .org.xx, .edu.xx etc. etc. ... so you can see that the patterns to check soon multiply beyond resonableness.


Bottom line, you have to place some restrictions on the patterns in order to get even Regex to give you the results you need. I think that requiring "a space" before the link (except the first one) and "a space or comma or dot" after it would go a long way towards reducing the logic ... then, having "a finite number of link endings" would keep the logic to a manageable level.

In any case, I can't develop any logic until the specifications are nailed down ... because the "devil is in the details" ... and the design depends on the specifications.