---
title: HasShortcode
description: Reports whether the given shortcode is called by the given page.
categories: []
keywords: []
params:
functions_and_methods:
returnType: bool
signatures: [PAGE.HasShortcode NAME]
---
By example, let's use [Plotly] to render a chart:
[Plotly]: https://plotly.com/javascript/
```text {file="content/example.md"}
{{}}
{
"data": [
{
"x": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
"y": [20, 14, 23],
"type": "bar"
}
],
}
{{}}
```
The shortcode is simple:
```go-html-template {file="layouts/_shortcodes/plotly.html"}
{{ $id := printf "plotly-%02d" .Ordinal }}
```
Now we can selectively load the required JavaScript on pages that call the "plotly" shortcode:
```go-html-template {file="layouts/baseof.html"}
...
{{ if .HasShortcode "plotly" }}
{{ end }}
...
```