Open all external links open in a new tab apart from a domain

Question

I'm trying to open all external links on a site in a new window. However on there are 2 versions of the site, e.g. a store and the main site. So on the main site we might have links that go to http://store.example.com for example.

I've got some code here which will allow me to open all the external links in a new window. However I'd like to be able to exclude certain domains. Like the one I've mentioned above.

Here is the code:

$(document).ready(function() {
   $("a[href^=http]").each(function(){
      if(this.href.indexOf(location.hostname) == -1) {
         $(this).attr({
            target: "_blank",
            title: "Opens in a new window"
         });
      }
   })
});

I'm new to JS / jQuery so any additional information would be brilliant.

Answer 1

if you just want all links that don't match your domain name:

var all_links = document.querySelectorAll('a');
for (var i = 0; i < all_links.length; i++){
       var a = all_links[i];
       if(a.hostname != location.hostname) {
               a.rel = 'noopener';
               a.target = '_blank';
       }
}

Answer 2

For triggering the clicks programmatically, you can do something like:

$(document).ready(function() {

   $("a[href^=http]").each(function(){

      // NEW - excluded domains list
      var excludes = [
         'excludeddomain1.com',
         'excludeddomain2.com',
         'excluded.subdomain.com'
      ];
      for(i=0; i<excludes.length; i++) {
         if(this.href.indexOf(excludes[i]) != -1) {
            return true; // continue each() with next link
         }
      }

      if(this.href.indexOf(location.hostname) == -1) {

           // attach a do-nothing event handler to ensure we can 'trigger' a click on this link
           $(this).click(function() { return true; }); 

           $(this).attr({
               target: "_blank",
               title: "Opens in a new window"
           });

           $(this).click(); // trigger it
      }
   })
});

Answer 3

Are you able to edit the HTML to get a better hook for maybe a click event? If i need to separate certain links between internal or external i will apply a rel value on the HTML element.

    <a href="URL" rel="external">Link</a>

Then in your javascript

    $('a[rel="external"]').click( function(event) {
     event.stopPropagation();
     window.open( $(this).attr('href') );
     return false;
    });

EDIT: seeing as you already have a ton of links, how about this..

    var a = new RegExp('http:\/\/store.blah.com');

    $('a').each(function() {

      if(a.test(this.href)) {
        $(this).click(function(event) {
         event.preventDefault();
         event.stopPropagation();
         window.open(this.href, '_blank');
        });
      }

    });