[javascript] HTML/Javascript: how to access JSON data loaded in a script tag with src set

While it's not currently possible with the script tag, it is possible with an iframe if it's from the same domain.

<iframe
id="mySpecialId"
src="/my/link/to/some.json"
onload="(()=>{if(!window.jsonData){window.jsonData={}}try{window.jsonData[this.id]=JSON.parse(this.contentWindow.document.body.textContent.trim())}catch(e){console.warn(e)}this.remove();})();"
onerror="((err)=>console.warn(err))();"
style="display: none;"
></iframe>

To use the above, simply replace the id and src attribute with what you need. The id (which we'll assume in this situation is equal to mySpecialId) will be used to store the data in window.jsonData["mySpecialId"].

In other words, for every iframe that has an id and uses the onload script will have that data synchronously loaded into the window.jsonData object under the id specified.

I did this for fun and to show that it's "possible' but I do not recommend that it be used.


Here is an alternative that uses a callback instead.

<script>
    function someCallback(data){
        /** do something with data */
        console.log(data);

    }
    function jsonOnLoad(callback){
        const raw = this.contentWindow.document.body.textContent.trim();
        try {
          const data = JSON.parse(raw);
          /** do something with data */
          callback(data);
        }catch(e){
          console.warn(e.message);
        }
        this.remove();
    }
</script>
<!-- I frame with src pointing to json file on server, onload we apply "this" to have the iframe context, display none as we don't want to show the iframe -->
<iframe src="your/link/to/some.json" onload="jsonOnLoad.apply(this, someCallback)" style="display: none;"></iframe>

Tested in chrome and should work in firefox. Unsure about IE or Safari.

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