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