Based on condition how to set boolean value of a directive - Angular

Question

In angular,I have a directive that takes a boolean input.

I have an anchor tag in html, where this directive is used. Now I want to set the directive's Boolean value based on the anchor tag's href value. If anchor tag's URL starts with "http:" then I want to pass yes to the Boolean value and no if otherwise.

How to achieve this in angular html component. Below is my code

**newWindow is the directive
isExternalLink is a input to the directive**


 <a href="{{ object.Url}}" 
newWindow Name="{{ object.Name }}" isExternalLink={{ here should apply
 the condition based on the object.URL.startswith and send yes/ no }} >{{object.Name}} </a>      

export class newWindow {
  @Input() Name: string;
  @Input() isExternalLink : string; 

Answer 1

Use RegExp to test if the url starts with http:

Add a getter to wrap the condition

Template

<a href="{{ object.Url}}" 
   newWindow Name="{{ object.Name }}" [isExternalLink]={{ isExternal }} > 
  {{object.Name}} </a> 

Component class:

export class MyComponent {
  get isExternal(): boolean {
    // If you want to test https too: use /^https?:/ instead
    return /^http:/.test(this.object.Url)
  }

  // ...
}

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Alternative:

If you don't want to deal with regexp, use the String method startsWith

get isExternal(): boolean {
  return this.object.Url.startsWith('http:')
}

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Update:

If you want to make it inline:

<a href="{{ object.Url}}" 
       newWindow Name="{{ object.Name }}" [isExternalLink]={{ object.Url.startsWith('http:') }} > 
      {{object.Name}} </a>