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How to create a link in JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 20 Nov, 2023
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In this article, we are given an HTML document and the task is to create a JavaScript link and add it to the document using JavaScript.

Approach:

  • Create an anchor <a> element.
  • Create a text node with some text which will display as a link.
  • Append the text node to the anchor <a> element.
  • Set the title and href property of the <a> element.
  • Append <a> element in the body.

Example 1: In this example, the node is created and the attributes are set by the JavaScript methods. 

html




<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            How to create a link in JavaScript?
        </title>
    </head>
     
    <body style = "text-align:center;">
         
        <h1 style = "color:green;" >
            GeeksForGeeks
        </h1>
         
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style =
            "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
         
        <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()">
            click here
        </button>
         
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =
            "color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
         
        <script>
            var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
             
            el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to generate "
                    + "a link using JavaScript.";
             
            function GFG_Fun() {
                 
                // Create anchor element.
                var a = document.createElement('a');
                 
                // Create the text node for anchor element.
                var link = document.createTextNode("This is link");
                 
                // Append the text node to anchor element.
                a.appendChild(link);
                 
                // Set the title.
                a.title = "This is Link";
                 
                // Set the href property.
                a.href = "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org";
                 
                // Append the anchor element to the body.
                document.body.appendChild(a);
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>


Output:

 Raja Software Labs Recruitment Process

Example 2: This example is similar to the above but uses prepend() method to add an anchor element to the body. 

html




<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            How to create a link in JavaScript ?
        </title>
    </head>
     
    <body style = "text-align:center;">
         
        <h1 style = "color:green;" >
            GeeksForGeeks
        </h1>
         
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style =
            "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
         
        <button onclick = "GFG_Fun()">
            click here
        </button>
         
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =
            "color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
         
        <script>
            var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
             
            el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to generate "
                    + "a link using JavaScript.";
             
            function GFG_Fun() {
                 
                // Create anchor element.
                var a = document.createElement('a');
                 
                // Create the text node for anchor element.
                var link = document.createTextNode("This is link");
                 
                // Append the text node to anchor element.
                a.appendChild(link);
                 
                // Set the title.
                a.title = "This is Link";
                 
                // Set the href property.
                a.href = "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org";
                 
                // Append the anchor element to the body.
                document.body.prepend(a);
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>


Output:

 Raja Software Labs Recruitment Process

JavaScript is best known for web page development but it is also used in a variety of non-browser environments. You can learn JavaScript from the ground up by following this JavaScript Tutorial and JavaScript Examples.



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