- From: Mathias Bynens <mathiasb@opera.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 10:21:28 +0200
- To: Tobie Langel <tobie.langel@gmail.com>
- Cc: "whatwg@lists.whatwg.org" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>, Michael Heuberger <michael.heuberger@binarykitchen.com>
On 25 May 2014, at 09:58, Tobie Langel <tobie.langel@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> * Adding inline JS <script> slows down the page load.
>
> In that case, use a meta tag:
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> <meta name=http-status content=404>
>
> Then in JS:
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> var status = parseInt(document.querySelector("meta[name=http-status]").getAttribute("content"));
Since `http-status` is not a registered metadata name (http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/MetaExtensions) it might be better to use a custom `data-*` attribute. It could be added to any element, e.g.
<body data-http-status=404>
Then in JavaScript:
var status = Number(document.body.dataset.httpStatus);
Received on Sunday, 25 May 2014 08:21:57 UTC