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Re: Can AJAX request a .js file?

From "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Can AJAX request a .js file?
Date 2015-09-03 00:11 +0200
Organization solani.org
Message-ID <ms7s66$a64$1@solani.org> (permalink)
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Jay Braun wrote:

> Can I use XMLHttpRequest to request a .js file, e.g.:
> 
> request.open('GET', latest.js);

Basically, yes.  Of course you have to put `latest.js` in quotes
(probably just a typo), and SOP applies as usual.

However, you would have to evaluate the script manually (i.e. the host
won't do it automatically).  You may consider letting the host
environment do the work for you by dynamically adding a respective
script element, instead.  You can circumvent client side caching by
adding a unique query string to the URI.  IIRC, the FAQ[1] elaborates on
this.

[1] <http://pointedears.de/scripts/faq/cljs/>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Can AJAX request a .js file? Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 14:47 -0700
  Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-09-03 00:11 +0200
    Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 15:15 -0700
      Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-09-03 00:46 +0200
        Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 12:50 -0700
          Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-09-04 00:14 +0200
          Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-09-04 00:44 +0200
            Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:52 -0700
              Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2015-09-04 18:28 +0200
                Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 15:47 -0700
                Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 03:12 +0200
                Re: Can AJAX request a .js file? Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 20:09 -0700

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