Bootstrap 4 - Scrollspy dynamic navbar offset

Scrollspy-Dynamic-Offset.js

var initScrollSpy = function() {
  var navContainer = '#mainNav'; // your navigation container

  // initial bind of scrollspy
  var bindScrollSpy = function() {
      $('body').scrollspy({
          target: navContainer,
          offset: getOffset() // determine your offset
      });
  }
  
  // get your offset dynamically
  var getOffset = function() {
      return $(navContainer).outerHeight();
  };
  
  // update the offset but only if the container size changed
  var updateOffset = function() {
      var cfg = $('body').data('bs.scrollspy')._config;
      if(cfg.offset != getOffset()){
          cfg.offset = getOffset();
          $('body').scrollspy('refresh');
      }
  }
  
  bindScrollSpy(); // bind scrollspy 
  $(window).resize(updateOffset); // react on resize event
  $(".collapse").on('shown.bs.collapse', updateOffset); // react on BS4 menu shown event (only on mobile). You might omit this line if your navigation has no change in height when opened on mobile
};

initScrollSpy(); // finally call snippet