URL Redirect Javascript

Question

URL Redirect Javascript? I have am trying to redirect an entered web address with a http:// and prompt until a http:// is found and if it is found it will direct it to the website that is entered.

Heres my code so far:

function enter() {
    var keepGoing = true;
    var email;
    while (keepGoing) {

        keepGoing = false

        email = prompt("Please Enter Website Address");
        // Website Address validation to see if it has http://
        if (email.indexOf('http://') === -1) {
            alert("Not valid Web Address");
            keepGoing = true;
        }

        // if nothing was entered
        else if (email == '') {
            var email = prompt("Please Enter Valid Web Address");
        }
    }
}

`email.indexOf('http://') === -1` should be `email.indexOf('http://') !=0`, because you must validate http:// is the first part of website address — Iswanto San, Mar 09 '13 at 07:33

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '13 at 10:17

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use location.href

window.location.href = email;

answered Mar 09 '13 at 10:17

Tim Sommer

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '13 at 07:26

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window.location.href = email;

should redirect the user to the URL contained in email

answered Mar 09 '13 at 07:26

Stuart M

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '13 at 07:29

You can set window.location.href:

function enter()
{
    var keepGoing = true;
    var email;
    while(keepGoing){

        keepGoing = false

        email = prompt("Please Enter Website Address");
        // Website Address validation to see if it has http://
         if(email.indexOf('http://') != 0)
         {
            alert("Not valid Web Address");
            keepGoing = true;
         }

         //if nothing was entered
         else if(email == '')
         {
            var email = prompt("Please Enter Valid Web Address");
         }

         else
         {
            window.location.href=email;
         }       

    }
 }

URL Redirect Javascript

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