loading JQuery.js in my javascript

Question

I have a js file say test.js and I want to import and use JQuery in it. I don't have a HTML file and I don't want to create one either.

I want to execute my js file once the jQuery is loaded. My code is as follows:

 var data = *some data that I am passing to the url*

function include(filename, onload) {
    var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
    var script = document.createElement('script');
    script.src = filename;
    script.type = 'text/javascript';
     script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (script.readyState) {
        if (script.readyState === 'complete' || script.readyState === 'loaded') {
            script.onreadystatechange = null;                                                  
            onload();
        }
    } 
    else {
        onload();          
    }
};
head.appendChild(script);
}

 include('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js', function() {
   $(document).ready(function() {
 $.ajax({
        url: "some url,
        type: 'POST',
        crossDomain: true,
        dataType: 'json',
        data: JSON.stringify(data),
        success: function(response) {
            var data = response.hits.total;
            console.log(data);
        },
        error: function() {
          console.log("failed");
          }
       });

  });

});

This gives me an error : "ReferenceError: document is not defined"

I am running my .js file in node. How should I import and use JQuery.js to use it in my .js code?

nodejs has no concept of a document, have you tried making that call without the $(document).ready(..) ? — shafeen
– shafeen, Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 20:09
This seems wrong. Is your goal to make a http-request using node.js? — cbass
– cbass, Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 20:10
yes, its still throwing an error at line var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; — pku
– pku, Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 20:11
My goals is to make http-request using JQuery and I am testing it using node — pku
– pku, Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 20:12
Question for the author... Why would you want to use jQuery when you don't even have an html page? — Jesse van der Pluijm
– Jesse van der Pluijm, Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 20:21

Jason Livesay · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-31 00:52:28Z

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Try using something like the request or elasticsearch modules (see npmjs.com). Node.js is different from JavaScript in the browser, so the AJAX/jquery stuff doesn't apply.

answered Aug 31, 2016 at 0:52

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