Script to check if there are other scripts - javascript

When archiving web pages, dynamic content has to be treated differently.
How do I detect whether a page uses any JavaScript?
This will end up in a browser extension, so it probably doesn't need to exclude itself from the findings.

Simply checking for <script> tags should be fine.
if (document.querySelectorAll("script").length) {
//there are scripts on this page
}
You could scan the entire page for onclick, etc handlers in HTML tags, but that would be slow for a big page.

That's actually relatively simple -- does it have any <script> tags? Then it probably has dynamic content. Additionally, you may wish to check for <object> tags as occasionally embedded objects will modify the page as well (though I suppose their presence should also make the page considered 'dynamic')

With javascript it ain't possible if javascript is turned off in your browser. You must make some browser check in your server-code.

Related

How works browser caching for index.html on a single page application

And injecting all the design on the head like JSS does, it has some benefit on performance?
If you are asking whether adding javascript and css inside of the header rather than in the body gives some form of performance improvement, it does not. It just matters whether the files will be loaded before or after the body is created. Some utilities require you to even put script tags after a certain line of html inside of the body so that the library will be able to see the needed DOM element.
Everything gets loaded before the user sees the page whether that is in the head or in the body. The only way to have things loaded truly dynamically, that I know of, is to use javascript to add script tags or iframes that will be loaded at a later time.
So, no there is no performance improvement.
Do you mean critical path for SSR?

How to check Javascripts are disabled by proxy

I do not know weather there is any way to solve this or not, but I'm just asking it because I believe SO is a place of genius people. Anyways, we all know that if we use <noscript></noscript> tag within a HTML document and if any user who are viewing this page and have JavaScript disabled from their browser will see the no script message.
But what if JavaScript has been disabled by proxy? Many wifi networks needs to manually input some proxy to use internet and many of them disabled JS on that proxy from the proxy server. In this case if anybody visit the same page, the page will see that JavaScript has been enabled from browser, but disabled from proxy.
If there any way to check weather JavaScript has been disabled by any proxy(if using) and showing alert message for this? Also I will be glad if anybody can say that how to implement it with Wordpress and also without wordpress. :)
Thanks.
You can show the message by default and then remove or hide it with JavaScript, e.g.:
<div id="jsalert">JavaScript is disabled in your environment.</div>
<script>
(function() {
var elm = document.getElementById("jsalert");
elm.parentNode.removeChild(elm);
})();
</script>
<!-- Continue your content here -->
If script tags have been stripped by a proxy (which I'm fairly certain is very unusual; at least, I've never seen it), then of course the script won't be there to be run, and the div will show. If the script is present, it will remove the div.
By following the div with the script immediately (which is perfectly fine, no need for "DOM ready" stuff that will just delay things), the odds of the div "flashing" briefly on the page in the common case (where JavaScript is enabled and not stripped out) are very low. Not zero, but low.
If you believe the proxy doesn't strip out script tags but instead just blocks the downloads of JavaScript files (which would be dumb), you can change the above to use a JavaScript file, but beware that by doing that you either hold up the rendering of your page (if you use <script src="...">) or you increase (dramatically) the odds of the div "flashing" on the page briefly (if you load the script asynchronously).
This is just a specific use-case for a general practice called "progressive enhancement" (or sometimes "graceful degradation," but most people prefer the first). That's where you ensure that the page is presented correctly and usefully in the case where JavaScript is not available, and then use JavaScript to add behaviors to the page if JavaScript is enabled. In this case, the "useful" thing you're doing is saying that JavaScript isn't running for some reason, so it's a slightly different thing, but it's the same principle.

Where should I include javascript on a page?

I am building a Rails app, and it seems that common practice is to have javascript_include_tags listed on top of a page.
Would it makes browers load javascript before loading the document, and thus makes visible elements take longer to load?
Thank you.
As far as I've read on the web, best practice loads javascript files at the bottom of the body tag. This lets almost everything load before executing the javascript, which generally prevents problems accessing items that may not exist if you loaded the script at the top.
A Yahoo post about web page performance suggests including them at the bottom of the page (Source) because they can block parallel downloads of other dependencies if they are at the top.
Looks like some answers were right, but none sums it all up:
How to prevent javascript loading from loading other elements? Simple, put it right before the closing </body> tag. Which usually means a few characters before the end of your HTML page.
Put all your javascript in external .js files. Why? So that the browsers can cache those files even when the HTML page changes.
Aggregate and minify all your javascript files into one. Why? Because the fewer HTTP requests your clients make, the faster the page loads.
Also, you don't have to care about $(document).ready() or window.onload, since all your HTML elements will be loaded before the javascript files (that is, if you put the JS files right before the closing </body> tag).
It's a good idea to use external JS file and to minify it's content.
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/placejs.html
Bottom of the page is also an option like John Fisher said.
If using i.e. jQuery you in any case use $() or $(document).ready(function() which makes sure the page DOM is loaded before you try to use your JS functions.
Rather than embedding the behavior in its markup, try to segregate the script
by moving it to a script block in the section of the page, outside the scope of the
document body, as follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
document.getElementById('testButton').onclick = function() {
document.getElementById('xyz').style.color = 'red';
};
};
</script>
For performance reasons, script blocks can also be placed at the bottom
of the document body, though modern browsers make the performance
difference rather moot. The important concept is to avoid embedding behavioral
elements within the structural elements.

Trigger an Event in javascript before objects finish to load

I was trying to write a global JavaScriptfunction which overrides any HTML object (img, iframe, links and so on) before it being loaded by the page. The purpose of the overiding action was to to change the SRC and HREF of these objects using the DOM to any other link.
Unfortunately I didn't find any solution to that without firstly loading the object and only then changing it by the onload event.
My second option was to change the SRC and HREF by matching these attributes with a regular expression and replacing the resultant values. I prefer not to do so because it's slow and consumes a lot of time.
I would be glad if someone can share with his/her experience and help me solve this out.
JavaScript only works within the DOM.
You could however, load the page via AJAX, get the content and do any string manipulation on it.
If you are trying to modify items that exist in the static HTML of the page, you cannot modify them with javascript until they are successfully loaded by the browser. There is no way to modify them before that. They may or may not be visible to the viewer before you have a chance to modify them.
To solve this issue, there are a couple of options.
Put CSS style rules in the page that causes all items that you want to modify to initially be hidden and then your javascript can modify them and then show them so they will not be seen before your modification.
Don't put the items that you want to modify in the static part of your HTML page. You can either create them programmatically with javascript and insert them into the page or you can load them via ajax, modify them after loading them via ajax and then insert them into the page.
For both of these scenarios, you will have to devise a fallback plan if javascript is not enabled.

Shouldn't we use <noscript> element?

I found some good cons here:
The noscript element only detects whether the browser has JavaScript enabled or not. If JavaScript is disabled in the Firewall rather than in the browser then the JavaScript will not run and the content of the noscript element will not be displayed.
Many scripts are dependent on a specific feature or features of the language being supported in order for them to be able to run (for example document.getElementById). Where the required features are not supported the JavaScript is unable to run but since JavaScript itself is supported the noscript content will not be displayed.
The most useful place to use the noscript element is in the head of the page where it would be able to selectively determine what stylesheet and meta elements get applied to the page as the page is loading rather than having to wait until the page is loaded. Unfortunately the noscript element is only valid within the body of the page and so cannot be used in the head.
The noscript element is a block level element and therefore can only be used to display entire blocks of content when JavaScript is disabled. It cannot be used inline.
Ideally, web pages should use HTML for the content, CSS for the appearance, and JavaScript for the behavior. Using the noscript element is applying a behavior from within the HTML rather than applying it from JavaScript.
Source: http://javascript.about.com/od/reference/a/noscriptnomore.htm
I very much agree on last point. Is there a way to make and add an external <noscript> file? Should we place <noscript> in the <head>?
It's better to have the default be non-javascript, and then let a javascript code overwrite with a javascript enabled page. Doesn't have to be much. Can just be a display:none; block, which is then set to display:block; by javascript, and vice versa for the non-js page.
After pondering for many days and changing my code back and forth, I think I have clearer picture now and would like to share my two cents worth on the subject before I forget.
<div id='noscript'>show non-js content</div>
<script>document.getElementById('noscript').style.display='none';</script>
<script id='required script'>show js content</script>
vs
<noscript>show non-js content</noscript>
<script id='required script'>//show js content</script>
Depending on the situation, there are three cases for consideration:
Case 1 - If required script is inline
JavaScript disabled
Content in <noscript> element appears immediately, non-js content is
shown
Content in <div> element appears immediately, non-js content is shown
JavaScript enabled
Content in <noscript> element does not appear at all, js content shown
Content in <div> element may momentarily appear before being hidden, js
content shown
For this case, using <noscript> element is advantageous.
Case 2 - If required script is from external (third-party) source, but hiding of <div> element is done with inline script
JavaScript disabled
Content in <noscript> element appears immediately, non-js content is
shown
Content in <div> element appears immediately, non-js content is shown
JavaScript enabled but required script is blocked
Content in <noscript> element does not appear at all, nothing is shown!
Content in <div> element may momentarily appear before being hidden, nothing is shown!
JavaScript enabled and required script is received
Content in <noscript> element does not appear at all, js content shown
Content in <div> element may momentarily appear before being hidden, js
content shown
For this case, using <noscript> element is advantageous.
Case 3 - If required script hides the <div> element
JavaScript disabled
Content in <noscript> element appears immediately, non-js content is
shown
Content in <div> element appears immediately, non-js content is shown
JavaScript enabled but required script is blocked
Content in <noscript> element does not appear at all, nothing is shown!
Content in <div> element appears, non-js content is shown
JavaScript enabled and required script is received
Content in <noscript> element does not appear at all, js content shown
Content in <div> element may momentarily appear before being hidden, js
content shown
For this case, using <div> element is advantageous.
In summary
Use <noscript> element if rendering of the HTML content depends on third-party scripts or if the required script is inline. Else, use <div> element and make sure that the required script contains:
document.getElementById('noscript').style.display='none';
Although Tor Valamo has an elegant answer to this problem, there is an issue which may cause you to opt out of using this technique.
The problem is (usually) IE. It has the tendency to load and execute the JS a bit slower than other browsers causing it to sometimes flash the "Please Enable Your Javascript" div for a split second before it then loads the JS and hides the div.
It is annoying and to get around this you can implement the "classic". <noscript> redirect approach.
<head>
<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/NO_SCRIPT_URL/ROUTE_HERE"/></noscript>
</head>
This is the most solid technique that I've come across with regards to this little nasty.
One useful application for noscript that I've seen is for a progressively-enhanced async loading of heavy content (especially "below the fold"). Big images, iframes, etc. can be wrapped in noscript in the HTML source, and then the unwrapped elements can be appended to the page using JavaScript after the DOM is ready. This unblocks the page and can make for a much quicker initial loading experience, especially if your interface relies on JS/JQ interactions applied after the document is ready (2 seconds vs. 6 seconds for a portfolio page I consulted on).
These days it seems almost every browser runs Javascript, but you can never know who is going to be accessing your site. These days even screen readers and web crawlers use Javascript, and sometimes make AJAX requests if they have to.
That said, if you're going to fall back to no-Javascript, there is a much better way than a <noscript> tag. Simply do this in the HEAD of your document:
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].className += ' Q_js'; // better than noscript
</script>
With this technique, you can easily refer to the Q_js class in your CSS to hide things. With the <noscript> tag, the best you can hope for is to include an additional CSS file to override previous CSS. This becomes important when some elements with static content are supposed to be hidden right away (not flicker) until Javascript can make them more dynamic.
In short, the technique I suggested addresses all your cons 1-5, and I believe it's strictly better than using <noscript>.
In the (hopefully near) future you will be able to use css #media scripting:
#media (scripting: none) {
/* styles for when JS is disabled */
}
I create a full height, full width, position:fixed div in all pages with some id .
<div id='noscript_div' style='position:fixed;z-index:20000000;height:100%;width:100%;line-height:100%;'>enable JS buddy</div>
$('#noscript_div').hide();
$(document).ready(function(event){
});
I am not an expert . This worked for me .
I am sorry but, this case will suit only if you want the user to have his javascript enabled always
the simple ideea is in this times your website may adapt to no javascript usage on slow devices using noscript tag like an entity for the entire content of your website**(your html should be prepared to no javascript and all controls must work also if javascript is off,users using basic html controls shoul be able to do everything they done before when javascript was active.So <noscript></noscript> can be the dynamic switch to the same content in other way with the same results=solving the problem wich is the reason the users open your url).**You can see is no matter javascript is or not present ,the website's functionality can be "the same" in any cases js enabled / disabled.On chinese slow devices eg:Samsung neo mini phone this method can run an website without any delays on low internet traffic..
try to run this auto double functionallity website if js is on/off cases:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>noscript can change the Internet forever</TITLE>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
$(document).ready(function(){
$('noscript').replaceWith(function() {
return this.textContent || this.innerText;
});
$("p#javascripton").css("background-color", "yellow");
$("p").click(function(){
$(this).hide();
});
});
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<noscript>
<p>
Noscript's usage today can be logical for <p id="javascripton">eg pc/laptop/high quality tablets usage the complete website with all features:images high resolution,javascript<br><h1>OR without javascript so no high resolutions images inserted with a jquery automated script generated from some php+javascript scripts so have usage for 80% mobile application cause almost are from China ,so low quality products=low cpu,low ram :IN THIS CASE SOMEONE CAN THINK TO SWITCH HIS PHONE TO NO JAVASCRIPT USAGE SO IF ANY PROGRAMMER CAN ADAPT AN ENTIRELY APPLICATION TO THE METHOD I USED IN THIS EXAMPLE AUTOMATED HIS BROWSER IS ADAPT FOR ANY RANDOM ACTION ABOUT THE USER CHOISE(YOU UNDERSTAND "TO USE OR NOT JAVASCRIPT") SO HIS CHINESE PHONE CAN BE APROXIMATELLY APROACH LIKE QUALITY OF SPEED EXECUTION THE OTHERS PC/LAPTOPS/TABLETS QUALITY PRODUCTS.<BR><BR>This stupid example is the best example how no script tag can change the quality of services on this planet ,boost the speed of the internet connection and stops unnecessary use of A LOT OF INTERNET TRAFFIC on slow devices..a simple tag can change the entirely dynamic of programmer's views so entirely Planet's beneficts</h1><p> <br>
run this code in two instances :<br>with browser javascript enable <br>and without(browser's javascript disable or eg a firefox plugin noscript states on/off)
</p>
</noscript>
</BODY></HTML>
and to say more on this .. right noscript was invented to work like a trigger when js is disabled but you can work around this feature to change the course of internet functionality about how is now ,to change it's dynamics....
Like all things, use the right tool for the job.
If you are using Google Maps API, you have a static image via tag and that gets replaced with dynamic JS map. Google have recently started charging for everything thus with the above example it's going to cost you twice, once for static and once for dynamic. The static map is only relevant if JS is disabled. Therefore to save double paying it seems to me the best solution is to wrap the tag for the static map in a tag.

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