Console Importer

Installation

Install it from Chrome Web Store:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/console-importer/hgajpakhafplebkdljleajgbpdmplhie

Usage

Open Chrome devtools console, a function named $i could be used to import JavaScript and CSS resources.

$i('jquery')

Import specific version:

$i('jquery@2')

Also, you can import a valid script URL:

$i('https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js')

CSS is supported, too:

$i('https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css')

Import ES Module

ES module has been widely supported in modern browsers. $i.esm method can be useful in this case:

d3 = await $i.esm('d3')

or specify a version:

d3 = await $i.esm('d3@7')

The advantage of this approach is that no global variables are added to the window, which allows better control over the scope of side effects. For more details, see https://esm.run.

Trouble shooting

Q: $i doesn't work as expected

Some websites like Google Inbox already have $i used as a global variable. This extension doesn't overwrite it.

You can use console.$i on these websites.

Q: $i fail to import resources

On some websites like GitHub, $i will fail to import resources. Console errors may be like follows:

# js errors example
Refused to connect to 'https://api.cdnjs.com/libraries?search=jquery' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive:

# css errors example
Refused to load the stylesheet 'https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive:

It is because of strict Content Security Policy of these websites. For more information, see Content Security Policy (CSP) wiki

How does it work?

• If it is like a JavaScript lib name, like jquery, try to load it from cdnjs
• If it has version number, like jquery@2, try to load it from unpkg
• If it is a valid URL(CSS or JS), load it directly

For advanced use, there are also two functions $i.unpkg and $i.cdnjs which could be used to import resources from specific CDN.

License

MIT