Is there a link to the "latest" jQuery library on Google APIs?

Question

I use the following for a jQuery link in my <script> tags:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.js

Is there a link to the "latest" version? Something like the following (which doesn't work):

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/latest/jquery.js

(Obviously not necessarily a great plan to link your code to potentially changing libraries but useful in development.)

Answer 1

Up until jQuery 1.11.1, you could use the following URLs to get the latest version of jQuery:

• https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js - jQuery hosted (minified)
• https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js - jQuery hosted (uncompressed)
• https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js - Google hosted (minified)
• https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.js - Google hosted (uncompressed)

For example:

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>

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However, since jQuery 1.11.1, both jQuery and Google stopped updating these URL's; they will forever be fixed at 1.11.1. There is no supported alternative URL to use. For an explanation of why this is the case, see this blog post; Don't use jquery-latest.js.

Both hosts support https as well as http, so change the protocol as you see fit (or use a protocol relative URI)

See also: https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/devguide