By dr_thomas64 on

I found what seems to be a Drupal module at http://code.google.com/p/gempaq/wiki/Google_AJAX_API_for_Drupal - but it's the first Drupal module I've ever seen that doesn't have a project page at Drupal.org and I can find no mention of it in the forums. I'm going to try it out - but it seems to have been around for a while so I'm finding the radio silence a bit puzzling. Anybody able to enlighten me?

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nazroll’s picture

nazroll commented

Hi David, I'm nazroll, the guy that created the module. Thanks for using it man :)

Why no mention? Erm, that's because I have yet to submit the module to the official Drupal repository. I've planned to submit it when it reaches version 1 or 0.5. I could hardly find any reason anyone would want to use it, because I personally made this module to help me solve a problem i was facing building sites with Drupal.

How to use it

The module was intended to load hosted AJAX libraries from Google Code. Im referring to libraries like scriptaculous, jQuery, MooTools, etc. To use it, go to Site Configuration -> Google AJAX API & you can choose what kind of libraries you like to load. Just check the box. To start using Google APIs, you need to have a developer key to use their hosted Javascript API libraries.

Example: Drupal already comes with jQuery 1.2.5++ preloaded. You can replace this with a hosted version from Google Code. Just go to the Google AJAX API admin menu & enable the library.

I hope I've answered your concern about how to use it. Please do let me know if you any questions :)

dr_thomas64’s picture

dr_thomas64 commented

Understood - thanks Nazroll. I'll let you know how I get on.

Michsk’s picture

Michsk commented

Please submit this to the Drupal repository. This way we could see updates if there will be some. I am also starting to use this module.

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frank pfabigan
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subscribing...

please distribute it to the repository. finally a great way to load jquery and jquery-ui for your theme ;-)

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ngmaloney commented

@nazroll - Great work on this module. I was just about to start developing something very similar until finding yours. It would be a huge help if this module made it into the Drupal repo. I'd be happy to set it up for you. Please let me know.

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brianmercer commented

Sounds like a nice performance tweak. I'd use it if it was on drupal.org.

Michsk’s picture

Michsk commented

Stoped using this. I got back on just using my localy hosed jquery and jqueryui, it is a significant change in speed using it localy.

nazroll’s picture

nazroll commented

totally understood your use case. the module was intended to load jquery from google's server. so, speed is a question depending on your internet speed. my use case for this module is usually this: 1) develop sites with jquery hosted locally. 2) once site goes into production, turn on this module to reduce load.

hope my explanation helps :)

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michaek commented

I've been trying to get a much simpler module accepted to CVS since last year. #647132: michaek [michaek] I wasn't aware that there was another project underway! I'll take a look at this module as well, though my goal is only to replace the jQuery used by Drupal with Google's, for performance reasons.