Load a JavaScript file on demand and execute dependent functions.
function loadFile() {
// Create a script tag, set its source
var scriptTag = document.createElement("script"),
filePath = "/path/to/file.js";
// And listen to it
scriptTag.onload = function(loadEvent) {
// This function is an event handler of the script tag
handleEvent();
}
// Make sure this file actually loads instead of a cached version
// Add a timestamp onto the URL (i.e. file.js?bust=12345678)
var cacheBuster = "";
cacheBuster = "?bust=" + new Date().getTime();
// Set the type of file and where it can be found
scriptTag.type = "text/javascript";
scriptTag.src = filePath + cacheBuster;
// Finally add it to the <head>
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(scriptTag);
}
function handleEvent() {
console.log('The file has been loaded. Do something else.');
// More code here
}
// Usage
loadFile();
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Find more JavaScript tutorials, code snippets and samples here or more jQuery tutorials, code snippets and samples here.
Added by Ciprian on Thursday, January 11, 2018 in Blog, JavaScript
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