# Difficulties in correctly adding external JavaScript **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 18, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulties-in-correctly-adding-external-javascript/118099 "2019-05-18T18:00:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![StevenTammen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StevenTammen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StevenTammen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulties-in-correctly-adding-external-javascript/118099/1 "2019-05-18T18:00:26Z")
## TL;DR Summary - I could be wrong, but it seems like the order of ` ``` I’ve been trying to add this functionality to my Discourse install for a few hours now, and I can’t figure out exactly what I need to do. ## My first attempt I whitelisted the API I wish to use in the Content Security Policy customization section ([as described in this prior forum post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mitigate-xss-attacks-with-content-security-policy/104243#heading--extend-default-csp)), like so: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/2/521d9d8e95193be16598961fd2a8ea5f3e6a2fb4.png) Then I added the JavaScript to the `` section of theme customization: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/1/01fbc6338b3116eb935416aeba1b74075562c86e.png) After doing these things, it does not appear to work, even on the first page. For one thing, the order of the ` ``` I haven’t gotten here yet (as I wanted to figure out how to get it to work initially before worrying about this), but I figured I’d mention that this would probably be necessary. I’m a bit rusty on my JavaScript, so I’m not entirely sure how I would go about converting the external call via ` ``` Into the form ```plaintext ``` The JavaScript I’m calling is fairly minified, which makes it hard to follow. ## Closing observations I’d appreciate any feedback/pointers. I am attempting to _not_ just copy-paste stuff until something works, because I’d like to understand more or less what’s going on. I’m definitely not above using code that works and then tracing backwards though. 🙂 Might any of this be made easier by editing template files directly on the hosting server? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulties-in-correctly-adding-external-javascript/118099)._