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Simple JSONP in vanilla JS
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/** | |
* loadJSONP( url, hollaback [, context] ) -> Null | |
* - url (String): URL to data resource. | |
* - hollaback (Function): Function to call when data is successfully loaded, | |
* it receives one argument: the data. | |
* - context (Object): Context to invoke the hollaback function in. | |
* | |
* Load external data through a JSONP interface. | |
* | |
* ### Examples | |
* | |
* loadJSONP( | |
* 'http://www.gigpark.com/businesses/runlevel6.json', | |
* function(data) { | |
* console.log(data) | |
* } | |
* ) | |
**/ | |
var loadJSONP = (function loadJSONP_outer( window, document, undefined ) { var uuid, head, main_script | |
uuid = 0 | |
head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[0] | |
main_script = document.createElement( 'script' ) | |
main_script.type = 'text/javascript' | |
return function loadJSONP_inner( url, callback, context ) { var name, script | |
// INIT | |
name = '__jsonp_' + uuid++ | |
if ( url.match(/\?/) ) | |
url += '&callback=' + name | |
else | |
url += '?callback=' + name | |
// Create script | |
script = main_script.cloneNode() | |
script.src = url | |
// Setup handler | |
window[name] = function( data ) { | |
callback.call( ( context || window ), data ) | |
head.removeChild( script ) | |
script = null | |
delete window[name] | |
} | |
// Load JSON | |
head.appendChild( script ) | |
} | |
})( window, document ) | |
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