function openlink(menuitem){ var menu = { name: menuitem }; $.ajax({ type: "PUT", url: window.name, contentType: "application/json", data: JSON.stringify(menu), success: function (data) { } }); } //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5717093/check-if-a-javascript-string-is-a-url function validURL(str) { var pattern = new RegExp('^(https?:\\/\\/)?'+ // protocol '((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|'+ // domain name '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))'+ // OR ip (v4) address '(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*'+ // port and path '(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?'+ // query string '(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$','i'); // fragment locator return !!pattern.test(str); } function convertLinks(){ $("#form a").each(function() { if(!validURL($(this).attr('href'))){ $(this).attr('href', "javascript:openlink('" + $(this).attr('href') + "');") } }) } $(document).ready(function(){ convertLinks(); });