I'd like to have a Play template that is a JS file (as opposed to having <script> tags inside an HTML template). The reason for this is so that the script can be cached. However, I need to create a differences in the script depending on where it's included and hoped to do this with Play's template system. I can already do so if I use embedded scripts, but those can't be cached.
I found an existing question that also asks the same thing, but the answer is totally different (different goals).
That's easy, just... create view with .js extension, i.e.: views/myDynamicScript.scala.js:
#(message: String)
alert('#message');
//Rest of your javascript...
So you can render it with Scala action as:
def myDynamicScript = Action {
Ok(views.js.myDynamicScript.render(Hello Scala!")).as("text/javascript utf-8")
}
or with Java action:
public static Result myDynamicScript() {
return ok(views.js.myDynamicScript.render("Hello Java!"));
}
Create the route to you action (probably you'll want to add some params to it):
GET /my-dynamic-script.js controllers.Application.myDynamicScript()
So you can include it in HTML templite, just like:
<script type='text/javascript' src='#routes.Application.myDynamicScript()'></script>
Optionally:
You can also render the script into your HTML doc, ie by placing this in your <head>...</head> section:
<script type='text/javascript'>
#Html(views.js.myDynamicScript.render("Find me in the head section of HTML doc!").toString())
</script>
Edit: #See also samples for other templates types
Related
I am trying to load an external HTML page (common navigation) into my current HTML page. I tried the load function but it is deprecated. Can you tell me another way to include it? I am not using any server.
Here's my code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#content').load(" nav.html ");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content "></div>
</body>
</html>
Try this
<script>
function loadPage(href) {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.open("GET", href, false);
xmlhttp.send();
return xmlhttp.responseText;
};
document.getElementById('content').innerHTML =
loadPage('your_html_file.html');
</script>
<div id="content">
</div>
Take both file pages in same directory then you can use simple button on link to use external file. for example
<button> External file </button>
Button is your choice it's just example for understanding you can simple use html link.
You should use the SSI-function.
There is several ways but this can solve your problem.
<!--#include virtual="PathToYourFile/YourFile.html" -->
This can be inserted into a <div> for further styling in CSS.
REMEMBER! Due to some limitations in html-doctypes you cannot inlude a .html-file into an .html-file. You have to use another format as .shtml where you can inlude your .html-files. You can include .html into your .shtmlfile. This was also what .shtml was originally created for.
This is because it is part of the XHTML (Dynamic XML HTML)...
To change a file
Your approach on the HTML is correct and also your JS. I include a lot of html-files containing texts there.
My approach is that when a page is loaded some text will be loaded with the <!--#include virtual="" --> inside a <div>. Below JS is used to change the content in the <div>. As Daniel Beck stated below: "...at least in Apache the server needs to be configured to check particular file extensions...".
You configure your file in your .htaccess-file. But ONLY do this if you know what you are doing.
Some (newer?) servers have a default setup of which you don't need to alter the .htaccess-file if you want to be able to include .html-files. At least you are able to include .html-files into .shtml-files.
I have included a Mimetype converter which tells the browser how it should read the file. For txt/html I have told the script that it should use the character encoding ISO-8859-1. Others as UTF-8 could also be used. This depends on your and your receivers native language.
Take into consideration to use the e.preventDefault();. With this i tells the browser NOT to see this as navigation link and will therefore only load the content in the <div>.
$(function() {
$('#ButtonsID').click(function(e) {
$('.DivClass').load('PathToFile/File.shtml');
e.preventDefault();
});
});
$.ajaxSetup({
'beforeSend': function(xhr) {
xhr.overrideMimeType('text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1');
}
});
I am wondering if it is possible to name raygun variables using the BundleConfig file.
SO in my bundle I add my scripts as so:
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/master.js").Include(
"~/static/js/json2.js",
"~/static/js/jquery/jquery-ui.min.js",
"~/static/js/jquery/jquery.simplemodal.js",
"~/static/js/jquery/jquery.maskedinput.js",
"~/static/js/jquery/jquery.validate.js",
"~/static/js/jquery/jquery.inlineEditing.js",
"~/static/js/jquery/jquery.contextmenu.js",
"~/Scripts/raygun.js"));
I was wondering if it is possible to at all name my raygun.js reference as rg4js such that i could call it in my JS file where i want to use it. This is attempting to achieve the same thing as what they (Raygun) mention in their documentation by adding the following two script tags in the head and body, respectively.
<script type="text/javascript">
!function(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h){a.RaygunObject=e,a[e]=a[e]||function(){
(a[e].o=a[e].o||[]).push(arguments)},f=b.createElement(c),g=b.getElementsByTagName(c)[0],
f.async=1,f.src=d,g.parentNode.insertBefore(f,g),h=a.onerror,a.onerror=function(b,c,d,f,g){
h&&h(b,c,d,f,g),g||(g=new Error(b)),a[e].q=a[e].q||[],a[e].q.push({
e:g})}}(window,document,"script","//cdn.raygun.io/raygun4js/raygun.min.js","rg4js");
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
rg4js('apiKey', 'paste_your_api_key_here');
rg4js('enableCrashReporting', true);
</script>
As you can see, the first script defines the name (rg4js) whilst the latter one then uses it as a function name. Can I somehow achieve a similar thing with BundleConfig.cs, or would i need to instead insert those script tags into the shared views that act as templates for other parts of the website?
I've got a bit of Javascript that I only want to include on certain pages in my Phoenix application.
Right now I've got the Javascript inside a script tag in myapp/web/templates/post/form.html.eex.
I understand that I can move the JavaScript to web/static/js/app.js ...but I don't want to include the Javascript on every page (it's only required on 2 specific pages).
What's the best way to load this section of Javascript on certain pages in my application without duplication the code and violating the DRY principle?
1.
Put all that javascript from form.html.eex into its own file (maybe something like js/posts.js).
Add this at the bottom:
export var Post = { run: function() {
// put initializer stuff here
// for example:
// $(document).on('click', '.remove-post', my_remove_post_function)
}}
2.
In your app.html, under <script src="#{static_path(#conn, "/js/app.js")}"></script> add this:
<%= render_existing #view_module, "scripts.html", assigns %>
3.
Then, in your view (probably views/post_view.ex), add a method like this:
def render("scripts.html", _assigns) do
~s{<script>require("web/static/js/posts").Post.run()</script>}
|> raw
end
Conclusion
Now the javascript file post.js will only be loaded when the post view is being used.
Here is one way to achieve this.
The JavaScript you have in the script tag, you move that into a separate file.
You divide your "regular" javascript (to be included in every page) and this custom javascript (to be included in some specific pages) into separate directories. e.g. app/common/standard.js and app/custom/unique.js
You modify your brunch-config.js to as follows:
module.exports = {
files: {
javascripts: {
joinTo: {
'custom.js': /^app[\\\/]common[\\\/][\S*?]\.js/,
'app.js': /^app[\\\/]common[\\\/][\S*?]\.js/
}
}
}
Then you include app.js in all pages,
<script src="<%= static_path(#conn, "/js/app.js") %>"></script>
but custom.js only in page (or layout) templates that need it.
<script src="<%= static_path(#conn, "/js/custom.js") %>"></script>
Another way is to make use of page-specific classes/elements. For example, the following code in app.js will ensure that the code only gets executed on the lesson/show page, since only that page has an element with the id #lesson-container:
import { startLesson } from './lesson/show.ts';
if (document.querySelector('#lesson-container')) {
startLesson();
}
This is based on Gazler's comment on the question and is a slightly more general answer than the one submitted by cmititiuc. You don't strictly need to wrap your page-specific JavaScript code like in that answer, nor do anything beyond import your page-specific file in the page-specific script element.
Layout templates
Use Phoenix.View.render_existing/3 in your layouts like this:
<head>
<%= render_existing #view_module, "scripts.html", assigns %>
</head>
... or this:
<head>
<%= render_existing #view_module, "scripts." <> #view_template, assigns %>
</head>
For the first example, this will render a "scripts.html" template if one exists for the relevant view module.
For the second example, a "scripts." <> #view_template template, e.g. scripts.form.html, will be rendered if it exists.
If the 'scripts' template does NOT exist for a view module, nothing will be output in the page HTML.
View modules
For the first example using render_existing/3 in the layout template, you'd add code like this to the post view module:
def render("scripts.html", _assigns) do
~E(<script src="file.js"></script>)
end
... and for the second you'd add code like this:
def render("scripts.show.html", _assigns) do
~E(<script src="show-file.js"></script>)
end
def render("scripts.index.html", _assigns) do
~E(<script src="index-file.js"></script>)
end
Details
The difference between render_existing and render is that the former won't raise an error if the referenced template does NOT exist (and nothing will be output in the page HTML in that case either).
The ~E sigil provides "HTML safe EEx syntax inside source files" and is similar to (in most cases, or maybe even always) the corresponding code from cmititiuc's answer:
~s{<script>require("web/static/js/posts").Post.run()</script>}
|> raw
Conclusion
In general then, for any page for which you want to import specific JavaScript files via script elements in the page head (or at the end of the body), or link CSS files, or do anything to the page output in a portion thereof otherwise handled by the layout, you'd use render_existing in the layout template as above and then implement appropriate render clauses in the view modules for those pages.
And further, there's no reason why you couldn't use something like both of the two examples above so that, for any view module and its templates, you could both:
Include some script(s) (or CSS files or otherwise manipulate the HTML output of in a layout template) for all the view module templates (but not all templates for the entire app)
Include some script(s) (or ...) for only a single template
<script src="myscripts.js"></script>
Put your code in a new .js file. Include the script tag with a source to the file path in the relevant html files.
I have recently discovered the new trend of including all .js script at the end of the page.
From what i have read so far seems pretty ok and doable with an exception.
The way I am working is using a template like:
<html>
<head>
<!-- tags, css's -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- header -->
<div id="wrapper">
<?php
include('pages/'.$page.'.php');
?>
</div>
<!-- footer -->
<!-- include all .js -->
</body>
</html>
Now, if I want to use this example on my page http://www.bootply.com/71401 , I would have to add the folowing code under my jquery inclusion.
$('.thumbnail').click(function(){
$('.modal-body').empty();
var title = $(this).parent('a').attr("title");
$('.modal-title').html(title);
$($(this).parents('div').html()).appendTo('.modal-body');
$('#myModal').modal({show:true});
});
But that would mean I either use that in every page - even if I do not have use for it, either generate it with php in the $page.'php' file and echoing it in the template file, after the js inclusion.
I am sure though, better methods exist and I don't want to start off by using a maybe compromised one.
Thanks!
Please avoid using inline scripts as they are not good maintainable and prevent the browser from caching them. Swap your inline scripts in external files.
Fore example you could put all your JavaScript in one file an check the presence of a specific element before initialize the whole code. E.g.:
$(document).ready(function(){
if($('.thumbnail').length) {
// your thumbnail code
}
});
A better way to execute "page specific" JavaScript is to work with a modular library like requirejs. You can modularize your scripts depending on their functionality (like thumbnails.js, gallery.js etc.) and then load the necessary script(s) depending e.g. on the existence of an element:
if($('.thumbnail').length) {
require(['ThumbnailScript'], function(ThumbnailScript){
ThumbnailScript.init();
});
}
The best way you can go is create a separate file for this code.
Let's name it app.js. Now you can include it under the jQuery inclusion.
<script type="text/javascript" src="app.js"></script>
This will prevent code repeat.
One more thing, pull all the code in $(document).ready(). Here is an example. So your app.js file will look like this:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.thumbnail').click(function(){
$('.modal-body').empty();
var title = $(this).parent('a').attr("title");
$('.modal-title').html(title);
$($(this).parents('div').html()).appendTo('.modal-body');
$('#myModal').modal({show:true});
});
})
I am developing a simple pyramid application where I am using JQuery to do AJAX requests. I have until now had my javascript code within my chameleon templates. Now I want to extract my javascript into another location (e.g. as static resources).
My problem is that I find my javascript code relies on dynamically generated content like so:
$.post("${request.route_url('my_view')}",{'data': 'some data'}, function(html){
$("#destination").html(html);
});
The dynamic element being:
"${request.route_url('my_view')}"
Which is calling the route_url method of the request object within the template.
Is there a recognised pattern for separating such javascript files into their own templates and providing routes and views for them or do I simply keep my javascript in my page template?
Yes; you generally put context-specific information like expanded routes into the templates and access this information from your (static) JavaScript libraries.
Including the context info can be done in various ways, depending on taste:
You could use a data attribute on a tag in your generated HTML:
<body data-viewurl="http://www.example.com/route/to/view">
...
</body>
which you then, in your static JS code load with the jQuery .data() function:
var viewurl = $('body').data('viewurl');
Use a made-up LINK tag relationship to include links in the document head:
<head>
<link rel="ajax-datasource" id="viewurl"
href="http://www.example.com/route/to/view" />
...
</head>
which can be retrieved using $('link#viewurl').attr('href'), or $('link[rel=ajax-datasource]').attr('href'). This only really works for URL information.
Generate JS variables straight in your template, to be referenced from your static code:
<head>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
window.contextVariables = {
viewurl = "http://www.example.com/route/to/view",
...
};
</script>
</head>
and these variables are referable directly with contextVariables.viewurl.