Hotlink resources like JavaScript files directly from GitHub
github, javascript
Solution
Yes, Github changed this in April, 2013:
We added the `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` header to our raw URL responses way back in 2011 as a first step in combating hotlinking. This has the effect of forcing the browser to treat content in accordance with the `Content-Type` header. That means that when we set `Content-Type: text/plain` for raw views of files, the browser will refuse to treat that file as JavaScript or CSS.
But thanks to http://combinatronics.com/ we can include GH scripts. The only change is from `raw.github.com` that becomes `combinatronics.com`:
<script
type="text/javascript"
src="https://combinatronics.com/username/repo/master/src/file.js"
></script>
The project is hosted on Github being open-source.
And yes, @Lix is correct. The files are not being served from Github but from combinatronics.
Another workaround I found is that instead of:
<script
type="text/javascript"
src="https://combinatronics.com/username/repo/master/src/file.js"
></script>
you can use `$.getScript` jQuery function:
<script>
$.getScript("https://combinatronics.com/username/repo/master/src/file.js", function () {
/* do something when loaded */
});
</script>
Problem
I asked a question about including resources from GitHub and the answer was to use the raw link: ``` https://raw.github.com/username/repository/branch/file.js ``` I am trying to include a script using: ``` <script type="text/javascript" src="https://raw.github.com/username/repo/master/src/file.js" ></script> ``` but I get the following error: Refused to execute script from 'https://raw.github.com/username/repo/master/src/file.js' because its MIME type ('text/plain') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled. Are there any alternatives to fix this error? Usage example I don't use this in the production but for a demo page: ``` project-repository-from-github ├─ master │ ├─ src │ │ └─ my-jQuery-plugin.js │ └─ README.md └─ gh-pages ├─ css │ └─ style.css └─ index.html ``` In the index.html page I want to have the latest build of my-jQuery-plugin.js. So, I would include the raw URL to the script. How do I fix the error?