Getting content of a script file using Javascript

Question

I have the following script element in my web page:

Using JavaScript,

Answer 1

What is in the JavaScript file? If it's actual code, you can run functions and reference variables in there just like you had cut and paste them into the webpage. You'll want to put the include line above any script blocks that reference it.

Is this what your looking to accomplish?

Answer 2

You could get the attribute of the src of the script and then use XHR to get the contents of the JS file. It's a much cleaner way of doing it IMO. e.g.:-

if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();         
                xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
                    if(xhr.status == 200 && xhr.readyState == 4) {
                        var sourceCode = xhr.responseText;
                                            alert('The source code is:-\n'+sourceCode);
                    }
                }
                xhr.open("GET",document.getElementById('scriptID').src,true);
                xhr.send(null);
            }