Javascript: url containing random number
I would add a parameter but you can leave it out if needed:
var url = "http://www.mypage.com/index.php?rnd="+Math.random()
or
var url = "http://www.mypage.com/index.php?rnd="+new Date().getTime()
Link:
<a href="http://www.mypage.com/index.php?rnd=1" onClick="this.href=this.href.split('?')[0]+'?rnd='+new Date().getTime()">Mostly random</a>
Note that if you have more than one assignment - for example in a loop, you need to add to the getTime since an iteration of the loop is faster than a millisecond:
var rnd = new Date().getTime();
for (var i=0;i<links.length;i++) {
links[i].href = "http://www.mypage.com/index.php?rnd="+(rnd+i);
}
UPDATE to use the URL constructor with searchParams
const addRnd = urls => {
let rnd = new Date().getTime();
return urls.map((urlStr,i) => {
let url = new URL(urlStr);
url.searchParams.set("rnd",rnd+i); // in case called multiple times
return url;
});
};
const urls = addRnd( ["http://www.mypage.com/index1.php","http://www.mypage.com/index2.php","http://www.mypage.com/index3.php"])
console.log(urls)
var lower = 0;
var upper = 100000000;
var url = "http://www.mypage.com/index.php?"+(Math.floor(Math.random()*(upper-lower))+lower)
it generates a random X from 0(lower) to 100000000 (upper), you can obv set the bounds you want ;)
<a href="http://www.mypage.com/index.php?" onclick="this.href+=new Date().getTime();return true;">link</a>