How to load html content dynamically with RequireJS

Question

I want to load a html content with RequireJS like this:

define(function (require) {

"use strict";

return function (id) {
     var url = 'text!screens/' + id + '.html';
     var html = require(url);
}; });

But I get this error: Error: Module name "text!screens/home.html_unnormalized2" has not been loaded yet for context: _

If I try it in this way:

define(function (require) {

"use strict";

return function () {
     var html = require('text!screens/home.html');
}; });

everything is ok. But this approach isn't very nice due to hardcore tipped url. How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Inline parametric require calls can only run asynchronously for modules that have not been loaded yet, as is your case. The principle is (also note url is in an array):

var url = 'text!screens/' + id + '.html';
require([url],
    function(text) {
        // use text
    },
    function(err) { // OPTIONAL BUT GOOD PRACTICE
        // handle error
    }
);

This has the inconvenience of not beign able to return the value immediately. Also take a look at the principle of promises (implemented by many libraries, jQuery too).