How to send a parameter over http request using an anchor tag

Question

I want to send a parameter value over http using <a> tag but I do not want it to be set in the href attribute.

Is there a way to do just that so that I could receive that value on the server side?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Either use JS to submit a (hidden) form.

<form id="foo" method="post" action="servletURL">
    <input type="hidden" name="yourParamName" value="yourParamValue" />
</form>
<a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('foo').submit(); return false;">link</a>

Or use CSS to style the default submit button to look like a link.

<form id="foo" method="post" action="servletURL">
    <input type="hidden" name="yourParamName" value="yourParamValue" />
    <input type="submit" value="link" class="link" />
</form>

with

input[type=submit].link {
    margin: 0;
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
    color: blue;
    text-decoration: underline;
    cursor: pointer;
    overflow: visible;
}