The jQuery.getScript( url, [callback] ) method loads and executes a JavaScript file using an HTTP GET request.
The method returns XMLHttpRequest object.
Here is the simple syntax to use this method:
$.getScript( url, [callback] )
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:
url: A string containing the URL to which the request is sent
callback:: This optional parameter represents a function to be executed whenever the data is loaded successfully.
Assuming we have following JavaScript content in /jquery/result.js file:
function CheckJS(){ alert("This is JavaScript"); }
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../js/jquery-2.2.0.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#driver").click(function(event){ $.getScript('/jquery/result.js', function(jd) { // Call custom function defined in script CheckJS(); }); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p>Click on the button to load result.js file:</p> <div id="stage" style="background-color:blue;"> STAGE </div> <input type="button" id="driver" value="Load Data" /> </body> </html>
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