How to fetch a native ES6 module using Fetch API?

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I am using the FF Dev build that supports ES6 modules. When I use

<script type="module" src="./script.js">

script.js triggers the download of other scripts in its import section at the start of the file, but that does not happen when I use:

fetch("./script.js")

I did not find how to specify the script type in the Fetch API.

`fetch` just grabs the *text* of the resource, it doesn't interpret it (well, XML gets parsed). Why would you use `fetch` instead of a `script` element? — T.J. Crowder, Apr 01 '17 at 17:36
What do you need this for? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29168433/es6-variable-import-name-in-node-js — Bergi, Apr 01 '17 at 17:42
@guest: My bad, I was thinking of XMLHttpRequest. `fetch` has a method for doing read-to-completion and parsing JSON, and similarly form data, but not XML as far as I see on MDN. — T.J. Crowder, Apr 01 '17 at 17:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '17 at 17:36

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Are you doing something with the script after you fetch it? Since fetch returns a promise, as per docs, you have to do something with the resource after you get it. Fetch won't execute the code in that file, it just retrieves it.

answered Apr 01 '17 at 17:36

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