Load partial html with javascript inside

Question

On my website I load html, which is rendered at the server (nodejs), and insert it at the right position (most time a div with id content).

How would I insert the received html on the client, so that included script tags are executed?

I am using on the client side underscore and handlebars. But vanillajs is also possible of course.

PS: Here is an example to show the difference between jQuery.html() and setting the innerHTML -property:

http://jsfiddle.net/waxolunist/VDYgU/3/

Answer 1

with jQuery

$('div#content').html(loaded_html);

without:

getElementById('content').innerHTML = loaded_html;

While possible to do it your way, a better idea might be to send json and render pages in the browser using the same templates you (possibly) use in the server. I'm using doT, which I think to be the best of all JavaScript based templates (like EJS, underscore).

Answer 2

You could leverage jQuery to do that. Just with

$.load("#divname").load(url)

http://api.jquery.com/load/

Answer 3

There is some problem with your character escaping, please use jshint . Otherwise it is pretty simple to use like

var script1 = "content for jQuery";
var script2 = "content for javascript";

$(document).ready(function (){
    $('#content1').html(script1);
    document.getElementById('content2').innerHTML = script2;
})