Simple JSONP in vanilla JS

jsonp.js

/**
 * loadJSONP( url, hollaback [, context] ) -> Null
 * - url (String): URL to data resource.
 * - hollaback (Function): Function to call when data is successfully loaded,
 *   it receives one argument: the data.
 * - context (Object): Context to invoke the hollaback function in.
 * 
 * Load external data through a JSONP interface.
 * 
 * ### Examples
 * 
 *     loadJSONP(
 *       'http://www.gigpark.com/businesses/runlevel6.json',
 *       function(data) {
 *         console.log(data)
 *       }
 *     )
**/

var loadJSONP = (function loadJSONP_outer( window, document, undefined ) { var uuid, head, main_script
  uuid = 0
  head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[0]
  main_script = document.createElement( 'script' )
  main_script.type = 'text/javascript'

  return function loadJSONP_inner( url, callback, context ) { var name, script
    // INIT
    name = '__jsonp_' + uuid++
    if ( url.match(/\?/) )
      url += '&callback=' + name
    else
      url += '?callback=' + name
    
    // Create script
    script = main_script.cloneNode()
    script.src = url
    
    // Setup handler
    window[name] = function( data ) {
      callback.call( ( context || window ), data )
      head.removeChild( script )
      script = null
      delete window[name]
    }
    
    // Load JSON
    head.appendChild( script )
  }
})( window, document )

@DrStrangeLove It wouldn't be difficult to add a third argument, such as an options object. It could be used to control the name of the callback parameter.

@gf3 In line 28 I faced issues when name started with a double underscore. I had to use jsonp_ as the prefix (non underscore prefix)

I modified it a bit to act little bit more like the new fetch api and using promises

 const fetchJSONP = (unique => url => 
   new Promise(rs => {
     // INIT
     let script = document.createElement('script')
     let name = "_jsonp_" + unique++
     
     if (url.match(/\?/)) url += "&callback="+name
     else url += "?callback="+name
     
     script.src = url
     window[name] = json => {
       rs(new Response(JSON.stringify(json)))
       script.remove()
       delete window[name]
     }
     
     document.body.appendChild(script)
   })
 )(0)

@jimmywarting

More es2015 friendly and ESLinted according to AirBnb:

const fetchJSONP = (unique => url =>
  new Promise(rs => {
    const script = document.createElement('script');
    const name = `_jsonp_${unique++}`;

    if (url.match(/\?/)) {
      url += `&callback=${name}`;
    } else {
      url += `?callback=${name}`;
    }

    script.src = url;
    window[name] = json => {
      rs(new Response(JSON.stringify(json)));
      script.remove();
      delete window[name];
    };

    document.body.appendChild(script);
  })
)(0);

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can someone explain how it's works? because i have no idea.

Thanks for the code, it's good, but I wouldn't recommend using simple incrementation of counter to achieve unique callback name. I suggest using timestamp or random number. Although this code cleans up afterwards, when I used it twice in 2 widgets on the same site, there were collisions.
I used this solution:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/create-guid-uuid-in-javascript