AlmondJS - Require external url

Question

In one of my AMD modules I have

 require(["//google-analytics.com/analytics.js"]);

It works with requireJS, but, when using almond, I get "Uncaught Error: undefined missing //google-analytics.com/analytics.js" error.

Does this mean almond does not support requiring external scripts?

Answer 1

Does this mean almond does not support requiring external scripts?

Yes, that's exactly what it means. From the "Restrictions" section , very first item:

optimize all the modules into one file -- no dynamic code loading.

(Emphasis added.)

Answer 2

Just read one of the almondjs authors comment on github - looks like external scripts are not and won't be supported in near future.

Link to github issue