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**Created:** [14 February 2020 20:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723 "2020-02-14T20:33:36Z")\
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**Author:**  [@CABrouwers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CABrouwers)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2020 20:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723/1 "2020-02-14T20:33:37Z")
This is probably a basic question, sorry for that; I am not an experienced client-side programmer.
How can I make a node HTML script load a .js module? I am developing a node-red package. The HMTL script files of several of the nodes in the package need the same javascript functions. I would like to put them in a common .js file and have the scripts load that file.
I tried inserting the following line in the script:
`import { foo} from './module.js'`
but this doesn't does work.
I also tried adding the following line in the HTML files:
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I can see on the browser console that the browser refuses to load the .js file because of a MIME type issue.
_Loading module from “[http://127.0.0.1:1880/module.js”](http://127.0.0.1:1880/module.js%E2%80%9D) was blocked because of a disallowed MIME type (“text/html”)._
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**Author:**  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2020 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723/2 "2020-02-14T21:06:08Z")
Modules are not fully supported by all browsers so check whether yours does.
But assuming that your file is actually just plain JavaScript, you should load it as such and not as a module.
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**Author:**  [@CABrouwers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CABrouwers)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2020 21:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723/3 "2020-02-14T21:14:51Z")
Thank using the current version of Firefox.
Also, if I use an import statement the error i seen on the Firefox console is:
_SyntaxError: import declarations may only appear at top level of a module_
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**Author:**  [@CABrouwers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CABrouwers)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2020 21:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723/4 "2020-02-14T21:16:32Z")
... and Chrome says:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
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**Author:**  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2020 21:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723/5 "2020-02-14T21:42:16Z")
So don't use a module which means don't use `import`?
I think that Chromium based browsers need to use a particular extension for modules?
Here is some info on modules:
> **[JavaScript modules](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules)**
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> This guide gives you all you need to get started with JavaScript module syntax.
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**Author:**  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2020 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-node-html-script-load-a-js-module/21723/6 "2020-02-14T21:52:12Z")
There is a more fundamental issue here. There's nothing in the runtime that knows how to serve up the extra .js file to the browser. So whether it's a module/import or not is actually irrelevant.
To get this to work, you'd have to add a custom admin endpoint to your node that can be used to serve up the extra content.
You can see this in action with the geofence node. Here's how the custom admin endpoint is setup - [https://github.com/hardillb/node-red-node-geofence/blob/master/geofence.js#L114](https://github.com/hardillb/node-red-node-geofence/blob/master/geofence.js#L114)
And how its loaded dynamically in the editor - [https://github.com/hardillb/node-red-node-geofence/blob/master/geofence.html#L192](https://github.com/hardillb/node-red-node-geofence/blob/master/geofence.html#L192) - although I'm not sure if the `getScript` method is needed, or if it can just be a `