How to associate an event to Html.ActionLink in MVC3 - ajax

Question

I have made an Ajax function but i am getting a big prolem in that.
I was displaying the contents on click of the link..
The links are fetched from the database and also the url of the links are fetched from the datbase.
I have wriiten ajax to call the contents dynamically on click of the link
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('a').click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var filename = $(this).text();
var Hobbyurl = '#Url.Action("FetchUrlByHobbyName")';
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: Hobbyurl,
data: { data: filename },
success: function (returndata) {
$('iframe').attr('src', returndata);
}
});
});
});
</script>
Now FetchUrlByHobbyName is the function called from the Controller thart returns the url
//Ajax routine to fetch the hobbyinfo by hobbyname
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult FetchUrlByHobbyName(string data)
{
HobbyMasters hobbymaster = new HobbyHomeService().FetchHobbyMasterByHobbyName(data);
string url = hobbymaster.InformationUrl;
if (HttpContext.Request.IsAjaxRequest())
return Json(url);
return View();
}
And in my View i have written the link like this:
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<li >#Html.ActionLink(item.HobbyName, "Hobbies")
</li>
}
i tried this :
#Html.ActionLink(item.HobbyName, "Hobbies", null, new { id = "alink" })
and then calling Ajax on click of 'alink' but with this my ajax function doesnot get called.
Now the problem is the ajax function is getting called on click of every link on the page..
I want to assign a unique Id to it but i am not understanding how to do that
please Help me...

Answer 1

For that specific link, assign an id. E.g
<a id="someID" href="url">Link</a>
and than bind the click only with that link.
$('#someID').click(function (e)) ....

Answer 2

If I understood you correctly this helps you
The text of the link
<script type="text/javascript">
function myAjaxFunction(){
e.preventDefault();
var filename = $(this).text();
var Hobbyurl = '#Url.Action("FetchUrlByHobbyName")';
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: Hobbyurl,
data: { data: filename },
success: function (returndata) {
$('iframe').attr('src', returndata);
}
});
</script>

Answer 3

Try to give a css class selector to you action link like this...
#Html.ActionLink("some link", "Create", "Some_Controller", new { }, new { #class = "test" })
then User jquery for it..
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.test').click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var filename = $(this).text();
var Hobbyurl = '#Url.Action("FetchUrlByHobbyName")';
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: Hobbyurl,
data: { data: filename },
success: function (returndata) {
$('iframe').attr('src', returndata);
}
});
});
});
</script>