Javascript - save clickable link in string

Question

So I have function like this which is called on button click:

function sendEmail() {
    var subject = 'test subject';
    var href = window.location.origin + window.location.pathname;
    var body = 'test body: ' + href;

    window.location.href = 'mailto:?subject=' + subject + '&body=' + body;
}

Is it possible to save this href in email body as a real link not as a string ??

Thanks for any suggestions.

It's not possible. See similar question here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5620324/mailto-link-with-html-body — Sergey Mell, Nov 29 '18 at 08:29
Possible duplicate of [mailto link with HTML body](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5620324/mailto-link-with-html-body) — jonrsharpe, Nov 29 '18 at 08:30
Instead of using window.location.href you can either use submit form or Ajax call so you can transfer any data of any type. — DHARMENDRA SINGH, Nov 29 '18 at 08:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '18 at 08:30

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No, it's impossible to implement like this because body should be plain text here.

answered Nov 29 '18 at 08:30

Volod

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '18 at 08:36

You need to setup your mail function to send Content-Headers for TEXT/HTML instead of TEXT/PLAIN.

If so you can use simple html to send the mail. That would make the link look like:

function sendEmail() {
    var subject = 'test subject';
    var href = window.location.origin + window.location.pathname;
    var body = 'test body: <a href="' + href + '">Any Description</a>';
}

If your solution would work it would be possible to force people to redirect to another page by reading their mails and for sure this should not be the case.

Javascript - save clickable link in string

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