load-script
Dynamic script loading.
Installation
via component
$ component install eldargab/load-script
via npm
$ npm install load-script
API
load-script appends a script node to the <head> element in the dom.
require('load-script') returns a function of the following interface: function(url[, opts][, cb]) {}
url
Any url that you would like to load. May be absolute or relative.
[, opts]
A map of options. Here are the currently supported options:
-
async- A boolean value used forscript.async. By default this istrue. -
attrs- A map of attributes to set on thescriptnode before appending it to the DOM. By default this is empty. -
charset- A string value used forscript.charset. By default this isutf8. -
text- A string of text to append to thescriptnode before it is appended to the DOM. By default this is empty. -
type- A string used forscript.type. By default this istext/javascript.
[, cb]
A callback function of the following interface: function(err, script) {} where err is an error if any occurred and script is the script node that was appended to the DOM.
Example Usage
var load = require('load-script')
load('foo.js', function (err, script) {
if (err) {
// print useful message
}
else {
console.log(script.src);// Prints 'foo'.js'
// use script
// note that in IE8 and below loading error wouldn't be reported
}
})License
MIT