jQuery.getScript alternative in native JavaScript

Question

I'm trying to load JS scripts dynamically, but using jQuery is not an option.

I checked jQuery source to see how getScript was implemented so that I could use that approach to load scripts using native JS. However, getScript only calls jQuery.get()

and I haven't been able to find where the get method is implemented.

So my question is,

What's a reliable way to implement my own getScript method using native JavaScript?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can fetch scripts like this:

(function(document, tag) {
    var scriptTag = document.createElement(tag), // create a script tag
        firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; // find the first script tag in the document
    scriptTag.src = 'your-script.js'; // set the source of the script to your script
    firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptTag, firstScriptTag); // append the script to the DOM
}(document, 'script'));