prototype that also works with CSS

src/js/src/components.ts

@@ -63,31 +63,47 @@ export function DjangoForm({
   return null;
 }
 
-export function OnlyOnceJS({ jsPath, autoRemove }: OnlyOnceProps): null {
+export function LoadOnlyOnce({
+  path,
+  nodeName,
+  autoRemove,
+}: OnlyOnceProps): null {
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    // Check if the script element already exists
-    let el = document.head.querySelector(
-      "script.reactpy-staticfile[src='" + jsPath + "']",
-    );
+    // Check if the element already exists
+    let el: null | HTMLElement = null;
+    if (nodeName === "script") {
+      el = document.head.querySelector(
+        "script.reactpy-staticfile[src='" + path + "']",
+      );
+    } else if (nodeName === "link") {
+      el = document.head.querySelector(
+        "link.reactpy-staticfile[href='" + path + "']",
+      );
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("Invalid nodeName provided to LoadOnlyOnce");
+    }
 
-    // Create a new script element, if needed
+    // Create a new element, if needed
     if (el === null) {
-      el = document.createElement("script");
+      el = document.createElement(nodeName);
       el.className = "reactpy-staticfile";
-      if (jsPath) {
-        el.setAttribute("src", jsPath);
+      if (nodeName === "script") {
+        el.setAttribute("src", path);
+      } else if (nodeName === "link") {
+        el.setAttribute("href", path);
+        el.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
       }
       document.head.appendChild(el);
     }
 
-    // If requested, auto remove the script when it is no longer needed
+    // If requested, auto remove the element when it is no longer needed
     if (autoRemove) {
       // Keep track of the number of ReactPy components that are dependent on this script
       let count = Number(el.getAttribute("data-count"));
       count += 1;
       el.setAttribute("data-count", count.toString());
 
-      // Remove the script element when the last dependent component is unmounted
+      // Remove the element when the last dependent component is unmounted
       return () => {
         count -= 1;
         if (count === 0) {

src/js/src/index.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export { OnlyOnceJS, DjangoForm, bind } from "./components";
+export { LoadOnlyOnce, DjangoForm, bind } from "./components";
 export { mountComponent } from "./mount";

src/js/src/types.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface DjangoFormProps {
 }
 
 export interface OnlyOnceProps {
-  jsPath: string;
+  path: string;
+  nodeName: "script" | "link";
   autoRemove: boolean;
 }

src/reactpy_django/components.py

@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
     from reactpy_django.types import AsyncFormEvent, SyncFormEvent, ViewToComponentConstructor, ViewToIframeConstructor
 
 
-DjangoJS = web.export(
-    web.module_from_file("reactpy-django", file=Path(__file__).parent / "static" / "reactpy_django" / "client.js"),
-    ("OnlyOnceJS"),
-)
-
-
 def view_to_component(
     view: Callable | View | str,
     transforms: Sequence[Callable[[VdomDict], Any]] = (),
@@ -92,7 +86,9 @@ def constructor(
     return constructor
 
 
-def django_css(static_path: str, key: Key | None = None) -> ComponentType:
+def django_css(
+    static_path: str, only_once: bool = False, auto_remove: bool = False, key: Key | None = None
+) -> ComponentType:
     """Fetches a CSS static file for use within ReactPy. This allows for deferred CSS loading.
 
     Args:
@@ -102,11 +98,11 @@ def django_css(static_path: str, key: Key | None = None) -> ComponentType:
             immediate siblings
     """
 
-    return _django_css(static_path=static_path, key=key)
+    return _django_css(static_path=static_path, only_once=only_once, auto_remove=auto_remove, key=key)
 
 
 def django_js(
-    static_path: str, only_once: bool = False, only_once_auto_remove: bool = False, key: Key | None = None
+    static_path: str, only_once: bool = False, auto_remove: bool = False, key: Key | None = None
 ) -> ComponentType:
     """Fetches a JS static file for use within ReactPy. This allows for deferred JS loading.
 
@@ -117,9 +113,7 @@ def django_js(
             immediate siblings
     """
 
-    return _django_js(
-        static_path=static_path, only_once=only_once, only_once_auto_remove=only_once_auto_remove, key=key
-    )
+    return _django_js(static_path=static_path, only_once=only_once, auto_remove=auto_remove, key=key)
 
 
 def django_form(
@@ -285,13 +279,30 @@ def _view_to_iframe(
 
 
 @component
-def _django_css(static_path: str):
+def _django_css(static_path: str, only_once: bool, auto_remove: bool):
+    if only_once:
+        return LoadOnlyOnce({
+            "path": static(static_path),
+            "nodeName": "link",
+            "autoRemove": auto_remove,
+        })
+
     return html.style(cached_static_file(static_path))
 
 
 @component
-def _django_js(static_path: str, only_once: bool, only_once_auto_remove: bool):
+def _django_js(static_path: str, only_once: bool, auto_remove: bool):
     if only_once:
-        return DjangoJS({"jsPath": static(static_path), "autoRemove": only_once_auto_remove})
+        return LoadOnlyOnce({
+            "path": static(static_path),
+            "nodeName": "script",
+            "autoRemove": auto_remove,
+        })
 
     return html.script(cached_static_file(static_path))
+
+
+LoadOnlyOnce = web.export(
+    web.module_from_file("reactpy-django", file=Path(__file__).parent / "static" / "reactpy_django" / "client.js"),
+    ("LoadOnlyOnce"),
+)