scriptsrc

Scriptsrc is a term used in software development to denote the source location of a script file. It is not a formal standard, but appears in documentation, templating systems, and configuration files as a placeholder or variable for the URL or path to a script.

In HTML, the actual mechanism is the src attribute of the script element, which specifies the script file to load. In many templating engines or frameworks, scriptsrc is used as a variable that gets substituted with the concrete URL or path when the page is rendered. For example, a template might include a script tag whose src is set from a scriptsrc variable.

Examples of usage include template syntax such as script src="{{ scriptsrc }}" or build configurations that expose a scriptsrc key whose value is resolved by the asset pipeline. In asset pipelines and content management systems, scriptsrc can be defined in a manifest or configuration to manage dependencies, versioning, or CDN delivery. It can be combined with features such as asynchronous loading (async) or defer to optimize page performance.

Security and performance considerations apply: enforce integrity checks via the integrity attribute where possible, set cross-origin attributes if loading from a CDN, and scope loading using module type or event-driven loading to reduce blocking.

See also: script tag, src attribute, module script, async, defer, content security policy.