Retrieve a template file via an Ajax request and add it to ICanHazJS's template store.

gistfile1.js

// Make a request to retrieve an html template.
// @param OBJECT options
mxAdmin.tmpl = function (templateName, data, callback, options) {
	var defaults = {
		
			// Providing a filename will allow for naming the ich template
			// one name and then requesting a different file from the server
			filename: templateName,
			extension: 'html',
			dataType: 'html',
			templateLoc: './templates/',
			error: function (jqxhr) {
				console.log('There was an error retrieving the template', jqxhr);
			}
		},
		settings  = null 
		template  = null,
		url       = null,
		tmplReady = function () {
			template = ich[templateName](data);

			if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
				callback(template);
			}
		};
	
	settings = $.extend(defaults, options || {});

	// If we've used the template before, it will be in the ich
	// cache and we can just pull it from there.
	if (ich[templateName]) {
		tmplReady();
	
	// If not, we'll make an ajax request to grab the template html
	} else {
		
		url = (settings.templateLoc + settings.filename);
		url += '.' + settings.extension;
		
		$.ajax({
			url: url,
			type: 'GET',
			dataType: settings.dataType,
			success: function (res) {
				ich.addTemplate(templateName, res);

				tmplReady();
			},
			error: settings.error
		});
	}	
};