load-google-maps-api-2 v1.0.2

load-google-maps-api

This is a fork of https://github.com/yuanqing/load-google-maps-api, following changes were made:

• Removed ES6 features, so no Babel is needed.
• Added support for CommonJS, AMD and browser (as window.loadGoogleMapsApi).
• Added check whether API is already loaded. (Google API writes warnings into console when they are loaded multiple times.)
• Added support for setting options globally.

• Parameter v renamed to version.

Consider to use some Promise polyfill with this plugin, like https://github.com/taylorhakes/promise-polyfill.

Original documentation with some minor changes follows.

About

A thin, Promise-returning helper for loading the Google Maps JavaScript API. Works only in browser.

Usage

var loadGoogleMapsApi = require('load-google-maps-api-2');

loadGoogleMapsApi().then(function (googleMaps) {
  console.log(googleMaps); //=> Object { Animation: Object, ...
}).catch(function (err) {
  console.error(err);
});

Why

Without this module, you would need to specify a named global callback, and pass said callback’s name as a parameter in the script tag’s src. For example:

<script>
window.googleMapsOnLoad = function () {
  // `google.maps` available here
}
</script>
<script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?callback=googleMapsOnLoad"></script>

This module abstracts this ceremony away, and fits better with Browserify or Webpack.

API

var loadGoogleMapsApi = require('load-google-maps-api-2');

loadGoogleMapsApi(opts)

Returns a Promise. (See Usage.)

• Fulfilled if load was successful. The fulfilled callback is passed the google.maps object.
• Rejected if we weren’t able to load the Google Maps API after opts.timeout.

opts is an optional object literal:

Setting global options

Default parameters can be set globally for a whole application. For example:

var loadGoogleMapsApi = require('load-google-maps-api-2');

loadGoogleMapsApi.key = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx';
loadGoogleMapsApi.language = 'cs';

Installation

Install via npm:

$ npm i --save load-google-maps-api-2

License

MIT