Accessing anchor attributes and event.preventDefault()

Question

I want to capture link clicks and store in my database without using a turnstile. Current code

$( ".ads-box a" ).click(function( event ) {
  event.preventDefault();
  var href = $(this).find('a').attr('href');
  var id = $(this).find('a').attr('id')
  console.log(href);
  console.log(id);
  console.log(this);
});

and

<div class="ads-box" id="adbox-35"><a href="http://www.makeitrightnola.org" id="ad-35" target="_blank"><img src="/g/shows/sidebar/83172823_ad_image.png" alt="Make It Right"></a></div>

Produces in console

undefined
undefined
<a href="http://www.makeitrightnola.org" id="ad-35" target="_blank"><img src="/g/shows/sidebar/83172823_ad_image.png" alt="Make It Right"></a>

How do I access the link's attributes? What is going wrong?

Answer 1

Remove the .find('a') in var href = $(this).find('a').attr('href');. You are already click"ing" on a <a> element so it is enough with $(this).attr('href');

Try this:

$( ".ads-box a" ).click(function( event ) {
  event.preventDefault();
  var href = this.href;  // i used vanilla JS here
  var id = this.id;      // i used vanilla JS here
  console.log(href);
  console.log(id);
  console.log(this);
});

Demo here