Inject a script tag with remote src and wait for it to execute
javascript
Solution
You could use Google Analytics or Facebook's method:
(function(d, script) {
script = d.createElement('script');
script.type = 'text/javascript';
script.async = true;
script.onload = function(){
// remote script has loaded
};
script.src = 'http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
}(document));
UPDATE:
Below is the new Facebook method; it relies on an existing script tag instead of `<head>`:
(function(d, s, id){
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)){ return; }
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.onload = function(){
// remote script has loaded
};
js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
- Replace `facebook-jssdk` with your unique script identifier to avoid it being appended more than once.
- Replace the script's url with your own.
Problem
How can I inject a `<script src="https://remote.com/"></script>` element into my page, wait for it to execute, and then use functions that it defines? FYI: In my case, the script will do some credit card processing in rare cases, so I don't want to include it always. I want to include it quickly when the user opens up a change-credit-card-options dialog, and then send it the new credit card options. Edit for additional detail: I do not have access to the remote script.