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

@d123546 I faced the same issue and got it working now using ngAfterContentInit (Lifecycle Hook) in the component like this :

import { Component, OnInit, AfterContentInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { ScriptService } from '../../script.service';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-players-list',
    templateUrl: './players-list.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./players-list.component.css'],
    providers: [ ScriptService ]
})
export class PlayersListComponent implements OnInit, AfterContentInit {

constructor(private router: Router, private script: ScriptService) {
}

ngOnInit() {
}

ngAfterContentInit() {
    this.script.load('filepicker', 'rangeSlider').then(data => {
    console.log('script loaded ', data);
    }).catch(error => console.log(error));
}

Answer 2

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import * as $ from 'jquery';

interface Script {
    src: string;
    loaded: boolean;
}

@Injectable()
export class ScriptLoaderService {
    public _scripts: Script[] = [];

    /**
     * @deprecated
     * @param tag
     * @param {string} scripts
     * @returns {Promise<any[]>}
     */
    load(tag, ...scripts: string[]) {
        scripts.forEach((src: string) => {
            if (!this._scripts[src]) {
                this._scripts[src] = { src: src, loaded: false };
            }
        });

        const promises: any[] = [];
        scripts.forEach(src => promises.push(this.loadScript(tag, src)));

        return Promise.all(promises);
    }

    /**
     * Lazy load list of scripts
     * @param tag
     * @param scripts
     * @param loadOnce
     * @returns {Promise<any[]>}
     */
    loadScripts(tag, scripts, loadOnce?: boolean) {
        debugger;
        loadOnce = loadOnce || false;

        scripts.forEach((script: string) => {
            if (!this._scripts[script]) {
                this._scripts[script] = { src: script, loaded: false };
            }
        });

        const promises: any[] = [];
        scripts.forEach(script => promises.push(this.loadScript(tag, script, loadOnce)));

        return Promise.all(promises);
    }

    /**
     * Lazy load a single script
     * @param tag
     * @param {string} src
     * @param loadOnce
     * @returns {Promise<any>}
     */
    loadScript(tag, src: string, loadOnce?: boolean) {
        debugger;
        loadOnce = loadOnce || false;

        if (!this._scripts[src]) {
            this._scripts[src] = { src: src, loaded: false };
        }

        return new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
            // resolve if already loaded
            if (this._scripts[src].loaded && loadOnce) {
                resolve({ src: src, loaded: true });
            } else {
                // load script tag
                const scriptTag = $('<script/>')
                    .attr('type', 'text/javascript')
                    .attr('src', this._scripts[src].src);

                $(tag).append(scriptTag);

                this._scripts[src] = { src: src, loaded: true };
                resolve({ src: src, loaded: true });
            }
        });
    }

    reloadOnSessionChange() {
        window.addEventListener('storage', function(data) {
            if (data['key'] === 'token' && data['oldValue'] == null && data['newValue']) {
                document.location.reload();
            }
        });
    }
}

Answer 3

I have a good way to dynamically load scripts! Now I use ng6, echarts4 (>700Kb ) ,ngx-echarts3 in my project. when I use them by ngx-echarts's docs, I need import echarts in angular.json : "scripts":["./node_modules/echarts/dist/echarts.min.js"] thus in the login module, page while loading scripts.js, this is big file! I don't want it.

So, I think angular loads each module as a file, I can insert a router resolver to preload js, then begin the module loading!

// PreloadScriptResolver.service.js

/**动态加载js的服务 */
@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class PreloadScriptResolver implements Resolve<IPreloadScriptResult[]> {
  // Here import all dynamically js file
  private scripts: any = {
    echarts: { loaded: false, src: "assets/lib/echarts.min.js" }
  };
  constructor() { }
  load(...scripts: string[]) {
    const promises = scripts.map(script => this.loadScript(script));
    return Promise.all(promises);
  }
  loadScript(name: string): Promise<IPreloadScriptResult> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      if (this.scripts[name].loaded) {
        resolve({ script: name, loaded: true, status: 'Already Loaded' });
      } else {
        const script = document.createElement('script');
        script.type = 'text/javascript';
        script.src = this.scripts[name].src;
        script.onload = () => {
          this.scripts[name].loaded = true;
          resolve({ script: name, loaded: true, status: 'Loaded' });
        };
        script.onerror = (error: any) => reject({ script: name, loaded: false, status: 'Loaded Error:' + error.toString() });
        document.head.appendChild(script);
      }
    });
  }

  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Promise<IPreloadScriptResult[]> {
   return this.load(...route.routeConfig.data.preloadScripts);
  }
}

Then in the submodule-routing.module.ts ，import this PreloadScriptResolver:

const routes: Routes = [
  {
    path: "",
    component: DashboardComponent,
    canActivate: [AuthGuardService],
    canActivateChild: [AuthGuardService],
    resolve: {
      preloadScripts: PreloadScriptResolver
    },
    data: {
      preloadScripts: ["echarts"]  // important!
    },
    children: [.....]
}

This code works well, and its promises that: After js file loaded, then module begin load! this Resolver can use in many routers