Questions tagged [getscript]
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jQuery.getScript alternative in native JavaScript
I'm trying to load JS scripts dynamically, but using jQuery is not an option.
I checked jQuery source to see how getScript was implemented so that I could use that approach to load scripts using native JS. However, getScript only calls…

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How can I include all JavaScript files in a directory via JavaScript file?
I have a bunch of JavaScript files that I would like to include in the page, but I don't want to have to keep writing
So is there a way to include all files in a directory (unknown size)?…

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Jquery getScript caching
By Default $.getScript() disables caching and you can use $.ajaxSetup and set caching to true. When testing if the script is actually cached with Firebug most of the time the script is coming back at 200 (Which means the script is a fresh copy) and…

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Can I prevent history.popstate from triggering on initial page-load?
I'm working on a site that serves content via AJAX.
If you click an item in the menu, a content div gets updated with $.get response, nothing fancy.
I'm implementing history.pushState to allow navigation with the browser's back/forward button.
I…

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Using getScript synchronously
I'm writing an engine that requires the use of getScript quite extensively. I've pushed it into its own function, for ease of use, but now I need to make sure that the function itself is synchronous. Unfortunately, I can't seem to make getScript…

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Can I use jquery getScript() without a callback?
I need to use a javascript function from an external js file inside another js file. This is basically the code I've tried:
$.getScript('js/myHelperFile.js');
myHelperFunction();
This doesn't work - I get an error of "myHelperFunction is not…

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ReCAPTCHA ajax loaded theme problem
Can not figure out how to theme an ajax loaded recaptcha. The below code does not work.
From Google Recaptcha
Saw this post Recaptcha ajax API custom theme not working, but I am definitely viewing in localhost and recaptcha is working fine, just…

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jQuery getScript
I'm currently stuck using several JavaScript libraries that MUST load in a very specific order. Since jQuery's getScript() is asynchronous it starts downloading all of the scripts very quickly and, as they finish, executes them. Since they do not…

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Using $.getScript (jquery): code is not executed
I am working on updating my website, which now uses an AJAX engine. My engine works well, up-to-hand for some reason some pages do not execute javascript, let me explain: when the anchor change I use $.get for data recovery. The pages have this…

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Detect if script has already loaded or not
It seems that helloworld.js gets loaded multiple times based on the number of times I click #load. I say this because when I look at Google Chromes Developer Tools Network tab, it shows helloworld.js as many times as I click…

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How to delete script loaded by .getScript()
When I load a script with .getScript('file.js') is there a way to do remove that script later? sort of like a clean where I say delete the js I loaded earlier

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getScript jQuery path not working / Ruby on Rails
I've got a jQuery function that is called after a doubleclick on a list item.
app/assets/javascripts/tile/tile.js
$('#list > li').dblclick(function(){
// styling
$(this).toggleClass('liked');
// pass ID to controller
var movie_id =…

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Incomplete XHR responses from IIS with compression
I'm loading scripts with jQuery ajax.
Here's a snip from the loader code, for what it's worth.
var resources = ['knockout-3.2.0.js', 'fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot', ... ];
var retryCount = 0;
load(0);
function load(i) {
if (i ==…

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jQuery getScript returns an parse error exception
I'm trying to load two scripts with the $.getScript function of getting Google Map script, then after that is loaded, I get another script (goMap) which makes map applets easily to be made.
However, when loaded, the first script of getting Google…

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