Handling errors in jQuery.getScript

Question

jQuery\'s getScript function doesn\'t seem to support an error callback function. I can\'t use the global ajax error handling code here, a local error function would be idea

Answer 1

As of jQuery 1.5 you can append a .fail to your call to getScript.

$.getScript('foo.js', function(){
    //script loaded and parsed
}).fail(function(){
    if(arguments[0].readyState==0){
        //script failed to load
    }else{
        //script loaded but failed to parse
        alert(arguments[2].toString());
    }
})

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getScript/#handling-errors