# How to load external JS and external CSS

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## Overview

This article will demonstrate how to load external JavaScript and CSS into your widgets using our custom code editors.

## Loading the External CSS

Loading the external CSS is very straight-forward. You just need to use the CSS `@import`.

### Example

You can write the following code in your Custom CSS code editor to load [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com) and [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io) libraries.

```
@import url(https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha/css/bootstrap.min.css);
@import url(https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.6.2/css/font-awesome.min.css);
```

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## Loading the External JavaScript

In order to load external Javascript files, you can utilise

```js
sdk.addLoadedComponents(["https://google.com/bananas.js"])
```

Congratulations! You have successfully loaded external JS and CSS into your widgets.


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