Adding a script to the page dynamically with jQuery never uses the cached file

Question

I am using jQuery to dynamically add a script to my page and it works, but jQuery appends \"_=TIMESTAMP\" to the URL causing the browser to never use the cache. With the fo

Answer 1

You can use $.ajax to get the script instead of appending script tag

$.ajax({
  url: "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js",
  dataType: "script",
  cache: true,//This will decide whether to cache it or no so that it will not add the timestamp along with the request
  success: function(){}//In the success handler you can write your code which uses resources from this js file ensuring the script has loaded successfully before using it
});