How to load external scripts dynamically in Angular?

Question

I have this module which componentize the external library together with additional logic without adding the

Answer 1

An Angular universal solution; I needed to wait for a particular element to be on the page before loading a script to play a video.

import {Inject, Injectable, PLATFORM_ID} from '@angular/core';
import {isPlatformBrowser} from "@angular/common";

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class ScriptLoaderService {

  constructor(
    @Inject(PLATFORM_ID) private platformId: Object,
  ) {
  }

  load(scriptUrl: string) {
    if (isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
      let node: any = document.createElement('script');
      node.src = scriptUrl;
      node.type = 'text/javascript';
      node.async = true;
      node.charset = 'utf-8';
      document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(node);
    }
  }
}