I have this pug page and I need to open the link to a new window. The link is dynamic because it is populated from the backend and when I click the link, I want to open it in a new tab.
How do I do it ?
layout.pug
a(href='/goto/?url='+url)
main.js
app.get('/goto/?url=:url', (req, res) => {
var new_tab_url = req.params.url;
window.open(new_tab_url, '_blank').focus();
});
I need to pass the URL from layout.pug to main.js to open a new tab. But I keep getting error
Cannot GET /goto/
Or perhaps , is there other simpler way ? Thank you
To open a link in a new window, just use this:
a(href= url, target='_blank')
There's no reason to pass a variable to a backend router or try to handle the redirection server-side. Just use target="_blank".
My bad. This topic is closed since the issue has been resolved.
I am using Express (Node.JS) and this is what I do :
layout.pug
a(href='/goto/?url='+url)
main.js
app.get('/goto', (req, res) => {
var new_tab_url = req.query.url;
res.redirect(new_tab_url);
});
At least this works on my issue.
Using : NodeJS Express and Pug