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/*!
* JavaScript - loadGoogleMaps( version, apiKey, language, sensor )
*
* - Load Google Maps API using jQuery Deferred.
* Useful if you want to only load the Google Maps API on-demand.
* - Requires jQuery 1.5
*
* UPDATES by Gavin Foley
* - Tidied JS & made it JSLint compliant
* - Updated script request to Google Maps API to be protocol relative
* - Added "sensor" parameter which defaults to false if not present
*
* Copyright (c) 2011 Glenn Baker
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
*/
/*globals window, google, jQuery*/
var loadGoogleMaps = (function ($, window) {
"use strict";
var now = $.now(),
promise;
return function (version, apiKey, language, sensor) {
if (promise) {
return promise;
}
//Create a Deferred Object
var deferred = $.Deferred(),
//Declare a resolve function, pass google.maps for the done functions
resolve = function () {
deferred.resolve(window.google && window.google.maps ? window.google.maps : false);
},
//global callback name
callbackName = "loadGoogleMaps_" + (now++),
// Default Parameters
params = $.extend({
"sensor": sensor || "false"
},
apiKey ? {
"key": apiKey
} : {},
language ? {
"language": language
} : {});
//If google.maps exists, then Google Maps API was probably loaded with the <script> tag
if (window.google && window.google.maps) {
resolve();
//If the google.load method exists, lets load the Google Maps API in Async.
} else if (window.google && window.google.load) {
window.google.load("maps", version || 3, {
"other_params": $.param(params),
"callback": resolve
});
//Last, try pure jQuery Ajax technique to load the Google Maps API in Async.
} else {
//Ajax URL params
params = $.extend(params, {
'callback': callbackName
});
//Declare the global callback
window[callbackName] = function () {
resolve();
//Delete callback
setTimeout(function () {
try {
delete window[callbackName];
} catch (e) {}
}, 20);
};
//Can't use the jXHR promise because 'script' doesn't support 'callback=?'
$.ajax({
dataType: 'script',
data: params,
url: '//maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js'
});
}
promise = deferred.promise();
return promise;
};
})(jQuery, window);
$(elem).on("myevent", function() {
$.when( loadGoogleMaps( 3, API_KEY, LANG, SENSOR ) )
.then(function() { // or .done(...)
!!google.maps // true
});
});
@brianlucas
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Very helpful! Thanks for cleaning this up + linking it.

@marchrius
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marchrius commented Sep 15, 2016

What about libraries to load?

Edit: added libraries support in my fork

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