On a webpage that has a list of categories, and each category title is linked in this format: http://localhost/admin/category/unpublish/2

I wrote the following js code, trying to capture the url and the segments 'unpublish' (action) and '2' (id), and need to send the request to http://localhost/admin/category

$('#statusChanges a').click(function(evt) { // use the click event of hyperlinks

  evt.preventDefault();

  var url = $(location).attr('href');

  // var action = url.segment(3);  /*JS console complains that url.segment() method undefined! */

  // var id = url.segment(4);

  $.ajax({

    type: GET,

    url: $(location).attr('href'),

    dat: '',

    /* do I need to fill the data with json data: {action: unpublish, id: 2 } ? but I don't know how to get the segments */

    success: function(data) {

      $('.statusSuccess').text('success!');

    },

    error: function(data) {

      $('.statusSuccess').text('error!');

    }

  });

}); // end of status change