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How can I display the object property in text format inside the another index.html webpage in Javascript instead of an URL?

Below there is a function I wrote to get Movies images and I hyperlinked those images with the Trending_movie.overview property.
When I click on the image I get the below-mentioned error ,the Function is converting the property Trending_movie.overview into somekind of URL

The Error is :-
Cannot GET /A%20group%20of%20vigilantes%20known%20informally%20as%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Boys%E2%80%9D%20set%20out%20to%20take%20down%20corrupt%20superheroes%20with%20no%20more%20than%20blue-collar%20grit%20and%20a%20willingness%20to%20fight%20dirty.

function getTrendingMovies(Trending_movies){
    const trending = document.createElement('div')
    trending.setAttribute('class','All_trending_movies')
    Trending_movies.map((Trending_movie)=>{
        const img =document.createElement('img');
        const a= document.createElement('a');
         a.setAttribute('href',Trending_movie.overview);
        img.src=image_url + Trending_movie.backdrop_path;
         a.appendChild(img);
         trending.appendChild(a);
        });  
        
    return trending;
    }

The Object is given below:-

Trending_movies:
backdrop_path: "/mGVrXeIjyecj6TKmwPVpHlscEmw.jpg"
first_air_date: "2019-07-25"
genre_ids: (2) [10759, 10765]
id: 76479
media_type: "tv"
name: "The Boys"
origin_country: ["US"]
original_language: "en"
original_name: "The Boys"
overview: "A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty."
popularity: 1707.804
poster_path: "/mY7SeH4HFFxW1hiI6cWuwCRKptN.jpg"
vote_average: 8.4
vote_count: 2162

I want to display the overview property on the new webpage in the text format instead of the URL.
Any kind of help would be appreciated…

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Answer

Set the overview property to the href value of the anchor element. Then set the href to your index2.html and add ?id= after it. The value after the = should be the id of the Trending_movie.

function getTrendingMovies(Trending_movies){
  const trending = document.createElement('div')
  trending.classList.add('All_trending_movies')
  Trending_movies.map((Trending_movie)=>{
    const img = document.createElement('img');
    const a = document.createElement('a');
    img.src = image_url + Trending_movie.backdrop_path;
    a.appendChild(img);
    a.textContent = Trending_movie.overview;
    a.href = `index2.html?id=${Trending_movie.id}`
    trending.appendChild(a);
  });  
  return trending;
}

Then on your index2.html you get the id of the movie that you want to show from the URL. There create a new script file where you will read the id and loop through your Trending movies.

The find method on the trending movies array will help you retrieve a single object from the array that matches the id.

const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search); // Parses the URL
const id = params.get('id'); // Gets the ID from the URL.

/**
 * Function that loops through the trending movies
 * and returns the trending movie object that has
 * the same ID as is passed through the second param.
 * Or returns undefined when it is not found.
 */
function getTrendingMovieById(trendingMovies, id) {
  return trendingMovies.find(movie => {
    return movie.id === id
  });
}

// Now you get the trending movie you are looking for by id.
const trendingMovie = getTrendingMovieById(Trending_movies, id);

// Then check if it is found, if not stop the script.
if (trendingMovie === undefined) {
  return;
}

// Now you can do stuff with your single trending movie.
console.log(trendingMovie);
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