$lazybg

Lazy loading of background-image in stylesheets
dist/lazybg.js enables to lazy load background images in stylesheets. It makes use of CSS Variables with a fallback for old browsers.
There are four options to resolve images:
manually define images via :root {} within the stylesheet
base64 encode image URLs
provide a JSON source list as resolver
provide a javascript function as resolver
/* :root based pre-configured value */
:root {
  --z--lazy-img: url('/image.jpg');
}
footer {
  background-image: url('/image.jpg'); // old browsers
  background-image: var(--z-lazy-img, none);
}
​
/* base64 encoded value */
p#out-of-view {
  background-image: url('/image.jpg'); // old browsers
  background-image: var(--z-base64_value, none); /* note: requires character replacements, see documentation */
}
​
/* JSON object or javascript function based custom resolver */
div#out-of-view {
  background-image: url('/image.jpg'); // old browsers
  background-image: var(--z-custom-resolved, none); 
}
<script src="dist/lazybg.js"></script>
<script>
// default: document.styleSheets
$lazybg(); 
​
// custom $lazy config
$lazybg(
  document.querySelectorAll('link[rel=stylesheet], style#other'),
  {
    observer: {
      threshold: 0,
      rootMargin: '100px'
    }
  }
); 
​
// custom JSON based resolver
$lazybg(
  0,0, // default config
​
  // resolver
  {
    "custom-resolved": "url('/image.jpg')"
  }
); 
​
// custom javascript based resolver
$lazybg(
  0,0, // default config
​
  // resolver
  function(key) {
​
    // resolve key "custon-resolved"
    return "url('/"+key+".jpg');"
  }
); 
</script>
Base64 encoded image value
CSS variables are limited to DOMString. The following characters need to be replaced in a base64 encoded value:
/: —
=: •
$lazy - IntersectionObserver
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