Send information about clicked link to the server before redirect

Question

We\'re creating a click tracking app, that builds heatmaps. I\'m writing a script which users are suppose to insert into their pages for tracking to work.

It works

Answer 1

var globalStopper = true;

$(document).on('click', function (e) {
    if (globalStopper === false)
        return true; //proceed with click if stopper is NOT set
    else {
        globalStopper = false; //release the breaks

        $.ajax({
            //blahblah
            complete: function (xhr, status,) {
                $(elem).click(); //when ajax request done - "rerun" the click
            }
        });
        return false; //DO NOT let browser process the click
    }
});

Also, instead of adding image, try adding script. And then add the script to the HEAD section. This way the browser will "wait" until it's loaded.

 $(document).on('click', function (e) {
     var scriptTag = document.createElement("script");
     scriptTag.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript");
     scriptTag.setAttribute("src", url);
     document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(scriptTag);
     return true;
 }