Question

How do I create a link that takes the static part of a ‘sharing’ link (of a social media site like LinkedIn) and appends the url of the current page? So that a user can share the page’s URL on their social media account.

I do not want to use Share This or any other such widgets.

Thanks

EDIT

So of the solutions suggested I opted for the jQuery one. After a lot of help, this was the solution:

HTML

<a class="linkedin" href="#">LinkedIn</a>

jQuery

$(document).ready(function() { 
  $('a.linkedin').click(function() {
    var link = document.location;
    var url = "https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=" + link;
    document.location.href = url;
  });
});

Obviously, it can work for any social media site that allows such URLs.

Answer 1

If you do not mind using jQuery

$(document).ready(function() { 
    $('a#link').click(function() {
        var link = $(this).attr("href");
        var url = "https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=" + link;
        document.location.href=url;
    });
});