loadScriptAsync

Allows loading html, including scripts - similar to jQuery's ".html()"

https://www.danielcrabtree.com/blog/25/gotchas-with-dynamically-adding-script-tags-to-html
and
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8097026/how-to-run-javascript-in-html-loaded-via-ajax/8097325#8097325
used as references - thanks guys!

Kind: global class
Author:: footjohnson

• loadScriptAsync
  • .ReplaceHtml(html, domLocation) ⇒ boolean
  • .CheckForScripts(node) ⇒ boolean
  • .PlaceElems(element, domLocation, checkScripts, isHead) ⇒ boolean

loadScriptAsync.ReplaceHtml(html, domLocation) ⇒ boolean

Replaces html on page with given html, executing scripts in the process.

Kind: instance method of loadScriptAsync
Returns: boolean - True if success; false if failure

Param	Type	Description
html	string	Html to replace current html
domLocation	HTMLElement	Node whose html should be replaced

Example

// html should be stringified HTML
// domLocation would be given via something like document.getElementById("elementId");
// returns true
loadScriptAsync.ReplaceHtml(html, domLocation)

loadScriptAsync.CheckForScripts(node) ⇒ boolean

Checks if there are any script tags in the node

Kind: instance method of loadScriptAsync
Returns: boolean - True if it contains scripts; false if it doesn't

Param	Type	Description
node	Node	Node to check for scripts

Example

// Returns whether a node or HTMLElement has script tags as children or grandchildren
// returns true
loadScriptAsync.CheckForScripts(node)

loadScriptAsync.PlaceElems(element, domLocation, checkScripts, isHead) ⇒ boolean

Recursively places html elements on the DOM

Kind: instance method of loadScriptAsync
Returns: boolean - True if success; false if failure

Param	Type	Default	Description
element	HTMLElement		Element whose children should be placed on the DOM
domLocation	Node		Where to put the elements
checkScripts	boolean	true	If the function should first check if any scripts tags are within the given elems. If there are, use innerHTML instead
isHead	boolean	false	If html should be placed in the head of the document (not yet supported)

Example

// returns true
loadScriptAsync.PlaceElems()