JQuery: Perform a post before a link is followed

Question

I need to do an asynchronous post to a server when someone on my site clicks a link. I tried the code below, but it doesn\'t seem to be doing the task on the server I want it to

Answer 1

You have to check the response to determine whether the post has been succeeded or not then you should go on.

$("#item").click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $.post(link_to_something, function() {
        window.location = $(this).attr('href');
    });
});