Find Location Of .js File

[James Ellis]

I have some javascript code on one webapp that is being included on an html in another webapp.

Server: ServerOne
Filename: includeme.js
Contents:

alert('inside includeme.js');

Server: ServerTwo
Filename: testpage.html
Contents:

<script src="/webapps/ServerOne/scripts/includeme.js">

The page is rendered when a user types the following into a browser:
http://ServerName/webapps/ServerTwo/pages/testpage.html

which includes the contents of "includeme.js".

I am wondering if it is possible from the javascript inside "includeme.js" to parse the URL that was used to include it

<script src="/webapps/ServerOne/scripts/includeme.js">

and extract the word "ServerOne" from the URL.

I know this is a strange requirement, and there are a lot of workarounds but I am wondering if the javascript can get ahold of the URL used to include it.

Thanks,
Jim

[Eric Pascarello]

not sure if it would work, but you might be able to give the script tag an id and use document.getElementById("foo") and read the src and see if it gives you the info you need. Not positive it will work.

Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

That type of implicit branching is really icky and can only lead to trouble. If you need to exhibit different behaviors, why not pass a parameter that tells the code how to behave?

[James Ellis]

I was able to give the script tag an id <script id="scriptTag" src="http://blah.com"> then grab the src attribute of the script tag via:

var src=document.getElementById('scriptTag').src

and then parse the string from there.

Thanks Everyone!