Only Once JS prototype

src/js/src/components.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DjangoFormProps } from "./types";
+import { DjangoFormProps, OnlyOnceProps } from "./types";
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 /**
@@ -62,3 +62,42 @@ export function DjangoForm({
 
   return null;
 }
+
+export function OnlyOnceJS({ jsPath, autoRemove }: OnlyOnceProps): null {
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    // Check if the script element already exists
+    let el = document.head.querySelector(
+      "script.reactpy-staticfile[src='" + jsPath + "']",
+    );
+
+    // Create a new script element, if needed
+    if (el === null) {
+      el = document.createElement("script");
+      el.className = "reactpy-staticfile";
+      if (jsPath) {
+        el.setAttribute("src", jsPath);
+      }
+      document.head.appendChild(el);
+    }
+
+    // If requested, auto remove the script 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
+      return () => {
+        count -= 1;
+        if (count === 0) {
+          el.remove();
+        } else {
+          el.setAttribute("data-count", count.toString());
+        }
+      };
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return null;
+}

src/js/src/index.ts

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

src/js/src/types.ts

@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ export interface DjangoFormProps {
   onSubmitCallback: (data: Object) => void;
   formId: string;
 }
+
+export interface OnlyOnceProps {
+  jsPath: string;
+  autoRemove: boolean;
+}

src/reactpy_django/components.py

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Union, cast
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django.templatetags.static import static
 from django.urls import reverse
-from reactpy import component, hooks, html, utils
+from reactpy import component, hooks, html, utils, web
 from reactpy.types import ComponentType, Key, VdomDict
 
 from reactpy_django.exceptions import ViewNotRegisteredError
@@ -25,6 +27,12 @@
     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]] = (),
@@ -97,7 +105,9 @@ def django_css(static_path: str, key: Key | None = None) -> ComponentType:
     return _django_css(static_path=static_path, key=key)
 
 
-def django_js(static_path: str, key: Key | None = None) -> ComponentType:
+def django_js(
+    static_path: str, only_once: bool = False, only_once_auto_remove: bool = False, key: Key | None = None
+) -> ComponentType:
     """Fetches a JS static file for use within ReactPy. This allows for deferred JS loading.
 
     Args:
@@ -107,7 +117,9 @@ def django_js(static_path: str, key: Key | None = None) -> ComponentType:
             immediate siblings
     """
 
-    return _django_js(static_path=static_path, key=key)
+    return _django_js(
+        static_path=static_path, only_once=only_once, only_once_auto_remove=only_once_auto_remove, key=key
+    )
 
 
 def django_form(
@@ -278,5 +290,8 @@ def _django_css(static_path: str):
 
 
 @component
-def _django_js(static_path: str):
+def _django_js(static_path: str, only_once: bool, only_once_auto_remove: bool):
+    if only_once:
+        return DjangoJS({"jsPath": static(static_path), "autoRemove": only_once_auto_remove})
+
     return html.script(cached_static_file(static_path))

src/reactpy_django/utils.py

@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 
 
 def cached_static_file(static_path: str) -> str:
+    """Fetches a static file from Django and caches it for future use."""
     from reactpy_django.config import REACTPY_CACHE
 
     # Try to find the file within Django's static files