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 for script.async. By default this is true.attrs - A map of attributes to set on the script node before appending it to the DOM. By default this is empty.charset - A string value used for script.charset. By default this is utf8.text - A string of text to append to the script node before it is appended to the DOM. By default this is empty.type - A string used for script.type. By default this is text/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
