jquery getScript data

Question

<script>
$.getScript("javascriptfile.js", function(data ){


   alert("Script loaded and executed."+data);


});
</script>

data return undefined. I want to get the response data or content of javascriptfile.js

tested below not working

$.getScript("http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js", function(data){


   alert("Script loaded and executed."+data);


});

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '13 at 08:32

There's a problem

//This one will NOT work
$.getScript("http://jquerymobile.com/branches/popup-widget/js/", 
        function (data) {
               alert("Script loaded and executed." + data);
});

//This one will work
$.getScript("js/jquery.min.js", 
        function (data) {
               alert("Script loaded and executed." + data);
});

$.getScript() doesn't provide content of the script file if you are making a cross origin request outside of your domain.

This caused me a whole lot of heartache! upvoted – krex Aug 07 '14 at 10:30 — krex, Aug 07 '14 at 10:30

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '13 at 08:09

2

Kindly run this and reply with the exception message, so I can follow up with you:

$.getScript("javascriptfile.js")
.done(function(script, textStatus) {
    alert(textStatus);
})
.fail(function(jqxhr, settings, exception) {
    alert(exception);
});

answered Feb 07 '13 at 08:09

Samuel Liew

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i do not want textstatus, i want the entire response (entire content of response) – cometta Feb 07 '13 at 08:10
@Liew, i posted latest code. result is undefined – cometta Feb 07 '13 at 08:20
that is just sample . already included jquery in – cometta Feb 07 '13 at 08:27

mikakun · Answer 3 · 2013-02-07T08:33:30.540

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i don't know why you'd want the content of the file since getScript executes it after loading it & the call back is just a callback to if necesary call functions/plugins/whatever you have just loaded; if you want content of a file do $.get instead but anyway

do 
function(data, textStatus, jqxhr) {
    console.log(data); //data returned
    console.log(textStatus); //success
    console.log(jqxhr.status); //200
    console.log('Load was performed.');
  });

to spot the "problem" if any (from http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getScript/)

edited Feb 07 '13 at 08:33

answered Feb 07 '13 at 08:05

mikakun

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does not work. i already tried this before post – cometta Feb 07 '13 at 08:07
i didn't write it would work but that it would narrow down the problem, paste your console results (in fact me using with .done & the cachedscript example provided in the link given; if any error a typo/incorrect url... – mikakun Feb 07 '13 at 08:25

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