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Neeta Ghosh
839 PointsCan I put an expiration date and time on an a href element?
Is it possible to imply an expiration date and time on a link that is sent via email or deactivates the link once the documents are downloaded and moves the link to a different folder using jquery?
2 Answers
Christoph Paterok
7,676 PointsHi Neeta,
yes, it is possible. Perhaps this is a solution you can use:
Add a parameter to the url You can add a paramaeter with the expiration date to the url. Perhaps like this: http://example.com?expired=1421399306
Getting the parameters with jQuery The window-object has the parameters of the url here:
window.location.search.substring(1)
So now you can check is the parameter there? And in the next step you can check if the timestamp is valid.
I think this is not the securest way, but it's a base were you ca build on.
IMPORTANT
Just a info: Be sure you use the canonical-tag in your website. For a search engine a url with a parameter is a new document. So there is the risk of duplicate content. When you use the canonical-tag you can say, that it is not a new document. JFYI
Nathan Wakefield
7,065 PointsAnother possibility is the use of cookies. These are stored in the visitor's browser, and can contain almost any data you want. As an example, your expiration date.
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp
I hope this helps!