# external-link

> Check whether a link dom node links to an 'external' website.

Latest version **2.0.0** (published 2015-08-21) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install external-link
pnpm add external-link
yarn add external-link
bun add external-link
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Published | 2015-08-21 |
| First published | 2015-08-03 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1 |
| Author | Andrew Herrington |
| Maintainers | andrew_h |
| Keywords | link, href, external, internal, blank, target, a |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/external-link
- Repository: https://github.com/foiseworth/external-link
- Homepage: https://github.com/foiseworth/external-link#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/foiseworth/external-link/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/external-link

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## Recent versions

- 2.0.0 (latest) — 2015-08-21
- 1.0.0 — 2015-08-03

## README

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A simple function that tells you whether a link DOM node is 'external'.

A link is external if it:
* has the attribute rel="external"
* has the attribute target and the value is not \_self
* is an absolute link
* is a telephone link
* is a mailto link


## To use
```javascript
var external = require('external-link');
var link = document.querySelector('a');

external(link);
```

## Versions
2.0.0 - changed handling of target so that any value other than \_self will make it external

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