loadjs is a JavaScript library for dynamically loading JavaScript and CSS files. It provides a simple API for loading scripts and stylesheets asynchronously, with support for callbacks and error handling.
Loading a single JavaScript file
This feature allows you to load a single JavaScript file asynchronously. The callback function is executed once the script is successfully loaded.
loadjs('path/to/script.js', function() { console.log('Script loaded!'); });Loading multiple JavaScript files
This feature allows you to load multiple JavaScript files asynchronously. The callback function is executed once all the scripts are successfully loaded.
loadjs(['path/to/script1.js', 'path/to/script2.js'], function() { console.log('Scripts loaded!'); });Loading CSS files
This feature allows you to load a CSS file asynchronously. You can provide success and error callbacks to handle the loading status.
loadjs('path/to/styles.css', { success: function() { console.log('CSS loaded!'); }, error: function(pathsNotFound) { console.log('CSS failed to load: ' + pathsNotFound); } });Named bundles
This feature allows you to group multiple files into a named bundle. You can then use the `loadjs.ready` method to execute a callback once the entire bundle is loaded.
loadjs(['path/to/script1.js', 'path/to/script2.js'], 'bundleName'); loadjs.ready('bundleName', function() { console.log('Bundle loaded!'); });Error handling
This feature provides error handling for loading scripts. You can specify a callback function to handle cases where one or more scripts fail to load.
loadjs(['path/to/script1.js', 'path/to/nonexistent.js'], { success: function() { console.log('Scripts loaded!'); }, error: function(pathsNotFound) { console.log('Scripts failed to load: ' + pathsNotFound); } });RequireJS is a JavaScript file and module loader. It is optimized for in-browser use, but it can be used in other JavaScript environments, such as Rhino and Node. Compared to loadjs, RequireJS offers more advanced module management and dependency resolution.
HeadJS is a JavaScript library that allows you to load scripts and stylesheets asynchronously. It provides a simple API for managing dependencies and executing callbacks. Compared to loadjs, HeadJS offers similar functionality but with a different API design.
ScriptJS is a JavaScript loader that allows you to load scripts asynchronously. It provides a simple API for loading single or multiple scripts and handling callbacks. Compared to loadjs, ScriptJS focuses solely on script loading without support for CSS files.
LoadJS is a tiny async loader for modern browsers (753 bytes).
LoadJS is a tiny async loading library for modern browsers (IE9+). It has a simple yet powerful dependency management system that lets you fetch JavaScript and CSS files in parallel and execute code after the dependencies have been met. The recommended way to use LoadJS is to include the minified source code of loadjs.js in your <html> (possibly in the <head> tag) and then use the loadjs global to manage JavaScript dependencies after pageload.
LoadJS is based on the excellent $script library by Dustin Diaz. We kept the behavior of the library the same but we re-wrote the code from scratch to add support for success/error callbacks and to optimize the library for modern browsers. LoadJS is 738 bytes (minified + gzipped).
Here's an example of what you can do with LoadJS:
// define a dependency bundle
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar');
// execute code when the bundle loads
loadjs.ready('foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ },
error: function(depsNotFound) { /* foobar bundle load failed */ }
});
// use simpler syntax to only execute success function
loadjs.ready('foobar', function() {
// foo.js & bar.js loaded
});
The latest version of LoadJS can be found in the dist/ directory in this repository:
You can also use it as a CJS or AMD module:
$ npm install --save loadjs
var loadjs = require('loadjs');
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar');
loadjs.ready('foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ },
error: function(depsNotFound) {/* foobar bundle load failed */}
});
async: false support only works in IE10+)LoadJS also detects script load failures from AdBlock Plus and Ghostery in:
Note: LoadJS treats empty CSS files as load failures in IE (to get around lack of support for onerror events on <link> tags)
Load a single file
loadjs('/path/to/foo.js', {
success: function() { /* foo.js loaded */}
});
Fetch files in parallel and load them asynchronously
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], {
success: function() { /* foo.js and bar.js loaded */ }
});
Fetch files in parallel and load them in series
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], {
success: function() { /* foo.js and bar.js loaded in series */ },
async: false
});
Fetch JavaScript and CSS files
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.css', '/path/to/bar.js'], {
success: function() { /* foo.css and bar.js loaded */ }
});
Force treating file as CSS stylesheet
loadjs(['css!/path/to/cssfile.custom'], {
success: function() { /* cssfile.custom loaded as stylesheet */ }
});
Add a bundle id
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ }
});
Check if bundle has already been defined
if (!loadjs.isDefined('foobar')) {
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ }
});
}
Add an error callback
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ },
error: function(pathsNotFound) { /* at least one path didn't load */ }
});
Retry files before calling the error callback
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ },
error: function(pathsNotFound) { /* at least one path didn't load */ },
numRetries: 3
});
Execute a callback before script tags are embedded
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], {
success: function() {},
error: function(pathsNotFound) {},
before: function(path, scriptEl) {
/* called for each script node before being embedded */
if (path === '/path/to/foo.js') scriptEl.crossOrigin = true;
}
});
Bypass LoadJS default DOM insertion mechanism (DOM <head>)
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js'], {
success: function() {},
error: function(pathsNotFound) {},
before: function(path, scriptEl) {
document.body.appendChild(scriptEl);
/* return `false` to bypass default DOM insertion mechanism */
return false;
}
});
Execute a callback after bundle finishes loading
loadjs(['/path/to/foo.js', '/path/to/bar.js'], 'foobar');
loadjs.ready('foobar', {
success: function() { /* foo.js & bar.js loaded */ }
});
Chain .ready() together
loadjs('/path/to/foo.js', 'foo');
loadjs('/path/to/bar.js', 'bar');
loadjs
.ready('foo', {
success: function() { /* foo.js loaded */ }
})
.ready('bar', {
success: function() { /* bar.js loaded */ }
});
Compose more complex dependency lists
loadjs('/path/to/foo.js', 'foo');
loadjs('/path/to/bar.js', 'bar');
loadjs(['/path/to/thunkor.js', '/path/to/thunky.js'], 'thunk');
// wait for multiple depdendencies
loadjs.ready(['foo', 'bar', 'thunk'], {
success: function() {
// foo.js & bar.js & thunkor.js & thunky.js loaded
},
error: function(depsNotFound) {
if (depsNotFound.indexOf('foo') > -1) {}; // foo failed
if (depsNotFound.indexOf('bar') > -1) {}; // bar failed
if (depsNotFound.indexOf('thunk') > -1) {}; // thunk failed
}
});
Use .done() for more control
loadjs.ready(['dependency1', 'dependency2'], {
success: function() {
// run code after dependencies have been met
}
});
function fn1() {
loadjs.done('dependency1');
}
function fn2() {
loadjs.done('dependency2');
}
Reset dependency trackers
loadjs.reset();
Use success callback functions for simplicity
loadjs('/path/to/foo.js', 'foo', function() {
// foo.js loaded
});
loadjs.ready('foo', function() {
// foo.js loaded
});
loadjs/ ├── dist │ ├── loadjs.js │ ├── loadjs.min.js │ └── loadjs.umd.js ├── examples ├── gulpfile.js ├── LICENSE.txt ├── package.json ├── README.md ├── src │ └── loadjs.js ├── test └── umd-templates
Install dependencies
Clone repository
$ git clone git@github.com:muicss/loadjs.git
$ cd loadjs
Install node dependencies using npm
$ npm install
Build examples
$ npm run build-examples
To view the examples you can use any static file server. To use the nodejs http-server module:
$ npm install http-server
$ npm run http-server -- -p 3000
Then visit http://localhost:3000/examples
Build distribution files
$ npm run build-dist
The files will be located in the dist directory.
Run tests
To run the browser tests first build the loadjs library:
$ npm run build-tests
Then visit http://localhost:3000/test
Build all files
$ npm run build-all
3.5.2 - January 10, 2018
FAQs
Tiny async loader for modern browsers
The npm package loadjs receives a total of 170,071 weekly downloads. As such, loadjs popularity was classified as popular.
We found that loadjs demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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