How to get the data-id attribute?

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5309926

Question

I'm using the jQuery quicksand plugin. I need to get the data-id of the clicked item and pass it to a webservice. How do I get the data-id attribute? I'm using the .on() method to re-bind the click event for sorted items.

$("#list li").on('click', function() {
  //  ret = DetailsView.GetProject($(this).attr("#data-id"), OnComplete, OnTimeOut, OnError);
  alert($(this).attr("#data-id"));
});
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js"></script>

<ul id="list" class="grid">
  <li data-id="id-40" class="win">
    <a id="ctl00_cphBody_ListView1_ctrl0_SelectButton" class="project" href="#">
      <img src="themes/clean/images/win.jpg" class="project-image" alt="get data-id" />
    </a>
  </li>
</ul>

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Solution

To get the contents of the attribute data-id (like in <a data-id="123">link</a>) you have to use

$(this).attr("data-id") // will return the string "123"

or .data() (if you use newer jQuery >= 1.4.3)

$(this).data("id") // will return the number 123

and the part after data- must be lowercase, e.g. data-idNum will not work, but data-idnum will.

OTHER TIPS

If we want to retrieve or update these attributes using existing, native JavaScript, then we can do so using the getAttribute and setAttribute methods as shown below:

Through JavaScript 

<div id='strawberry-plant' data-fruit='12'></div>

<script>
// 'Getting' data-attributes using getAttribute
var plant = document.getElementById('strawberry-plant');
var fruitCount = plant.getAttribute('data-fruit'); // fruitCount = '12'

// 'Setting' data-attributes using setAttribute
plant.setAttribute('data-fruit','7'); // Pesky birds
</script>

Through jQuery

// Fetching data
var fruitCount = $(this).data('fruit');
OR 
// If you updated the value, you will need to use below code to fetch new value 
// otherwise above gives the old value which is intially set.
// And also above does not work in ***Firefox***, so use below code to fetch value
var fruitCount = $(this).attr('data-fruit');

// Assigning data
$(this).attr('data-fruit','7');

Read this documentation

Important note. Keep in mind, that if you adjust the data- attribute dynamically via JavaScript it will NOT be reflected in the data() jQuery function. You have to adjust it via data() function as well.

<a data-id="123">link</a>

js:

$(this).data("id") // returns 123
$(this).attr("data-id", "321"); //change the attribute
$(this).data("id") // STILL returns 123!!!
$(this).data("id", "321")
$(this).data("id") // NOW we have 321

If you are not concerned about old IE browsers, you can also use HTML5 dataset API

HTML

<div id="my-div" data-info="some info here" data-other-info="more info here">My Awesome Div</div>

JS

var myDiv = document.querySelector('#my-div');

myDiv.dataset.info // "some info here"
myDiv.dataset.otherInfo // "more info here"

Demo: http://html5demos.com/dataset

Full browser support list: http://caniuse.com/#feat=dataset

Surprised no one mentioned: 

<select id="selectVehicle">
     <option value="1" data-year="2011">Mazda</option>
     <option value="2" data-year="2015">Honda</option>
     <option value="3" data-year="2008">Mercedes</option>
     <option value="4" data-year="2005">Toyota</option>
    </select>

$("#selectVehicle").change(function () {
     alert($(this).find(':selected').data("year"));
});

Here is the working example: https://jsfiddle.net/ed5axgvk/1/

HTML

<span id="spanTest" data-value="50">test</span>

JS

$(this).data().value;

or

$("span#spanTest").data().value;

ANS : 50

Works for me!

I use $.data - http://api.jquery.com/jquery.data/

//Set value 7 to data-id 
$.data(this, 'id', 7);

//Get value from data-id
alert( $(this).data("id") ); // => outputs 7

var id = $(this).dataset.id

works for me!

Accessing data attribute with its own id is bit easy for me.

$("#Id").data("attribute");

function myFunction(){
  alert($("#button1").data("sample-id"));
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<button type="button" id="button1" data-sample-id="gotcha!" onclick="myFunction()"> Clickhere </button>

This piece of code will return the value of the data attributes eg: data-id, data-time, data-name etc.., I have shown for the id

<a href="#" id="click-demo" data-id="a1">Click</a>

js:

$(this).data("id");

// get the value of the data-id -> a1

$(this).data("id", "a2");

// this will change the data-id -> a2

$(this).data("id");

// get the value of the data-id -> a2

using jQuery:

  $( ".myClass" ).load(function() {
    var myId = $(this).data("id");
    $('.myClass').attr('id', myId);
  });

For those looking to dynamically remove and re-enable the tooltip, you can use the dispose and enable methods. See https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/components/tooltips/#tooltipdispose

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