Load external Javascript on function call

问题:

I would like to know how to load an external Javascript into my document from a function.

回答1:

This is one way:

function loadDaFun() {
   var script = document.createElement('script');
   script.src = '/path/to/your/script.js';
   var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
   head.appendChild(script);
}

回答2:

The @seth's answer is completely right, but you don't need to leave the inserted script element on the DOM, you can remove it just after it is loaded, and also you might want to know when the inserted script is ready to use, for example you can:

function loadScript(url, completeCallback) {
   var script = document.createElement('script'), done = false,
       head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
   script.src = url;
   script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function(){
     if ( !done && (!this.readyState ||
          this.readyState == "loaded" || this.readyState == "complete") ) {
       done = true;
       completeCallback();

      // IE memory leak
      script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = null;
      head.removeChild( script );
    }
  };
  head.appendChild(script);
}

Usage:

loadScript("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js",
            function () { alert('jQuery has been loaded.'); });

回答3:

Get it with AJAX and then eval() the code.