How to execute a JavaScript function attached to the href of an anchor tag automatically via JQuery?

Question


 <a href="javascript:firescript('1','2','3');" id="songid" class="track__number">

This is the anchor tag. Now to automate click on this anchor tag to execute the href --> javascript fn using jquery

     $(document).ready(function () {
          $('a#songid').trigger('click');
        });

This doesn't seem to execute the JavaScript function. Please help me regarding this.

NOTE: The function is an AJAX query so i wouldn't want to redirect to some other page.

Use `$('a#songid')[0].click();` (I assume jQuery only triggers event listeners assigned by jQuery) — , Jun 15 '20 at 15:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '20 at 15:06

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Try $('a#songid')[0].click() instead.

So, get the first element, and call the click method instead of triggering the event.

answered Jun 15 '20 at 15:06

Lennart Steinke

Thank you so much, it works. – user13539671 Jun 15 '20 at 15:54
Glad this works for you. Would be great if you could accept the answer :) – Lennart Steinke Jun 17 '20 at 01:58

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