How can I load Google API (UDS.JS) on demand (using jQuery)?
Tried this:
$('.link').click(function(e) {
$.getScript('http://www.google.com/uds/api?file=uds.js&v=1.0', function() {
$('body').append('<p>GOOGLE API (UDS) is loaded</p>');
});
return false;
});
Yes, it loads the main "uds.js" file and then blocks the page by loading the locale's JS file ("default + en.I.js", see line # 48 in "uds.js").
a source to share
If you want to dynamically load google libraries you should check out google autoloader: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/documentation/#AutoLoading
This works very well, but be careful if you are using the autoloader wizard.
http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/documentation/autoloader-wizard.html
there is a bug for the c & p code that worked for me: http://code.google.com/p/google-ajax-apis/issues/detail?id=244
Also I found that for some google libraries, if I try to load scripts asynchronously (for example yours), if I omit some optional parameters (language, callback, etc. - even with an empty string), I see the behavior. which you see.
Edit: went and tested it. Your solution is here: http://pastie.org/486925
a source to share