adding external javascript content to your drupal nodes or views

sometimes you want to include jquery / javascript code in content areas in your nodes, views etc. it's arguable that this code is better in managed in the filesystem (under source code control) than in your database-stored-node. here's how you might do it using a php include.

an example node

let's assume that the content of your node is:

create a javascript file in the drupal directory for your site

create a file called e.g. sites/default/js/slowFadeIn.js with contents:

include the code from your node

your final node will look like: and find yourself golden.

an exercise

this approach mandates that the input format for the text is php code. it would be nice to add a filter to do a enumerated include (only a certain set of approved files), to allow the inclusion of pre-approved code on random nodes, views using a friendlier input format e.g. filtered html.