Google books does not allow javascripts

[kayvonS]

I have posted my ebook successfully to Amazon and Apple Books. it contains many hyperlinks to navigate within the book itself. when I uploaded it to google books it disabled all the hyperlinks. below is the response I got from google support. they want me to remove my JavaScript files. I used adobe InDesign to create the epub, again, it works fine on Amazon and apple books. i am not technical enough to know what they are talking about. surely there is a reasonable way to get around this. any thoughts would be much appreciated.

FEEDBACK from Google:

We don't support .js files in EPUB. We have spotted the presence of idGeneratedScript.js file in the EPUB file which you uploaded for this book (please see the attached screenshot for reference).

EPUB file guidelines - https://support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3316879

Please remove idGeneratedScript.js file from the EPUB and then upload the EPUB file again the 'Content' tab of this book listing. Once you do this, our system may take up to 24 hrs to process it and reflect appropriate changes on Google Play.

[rayek.elfin · Accepted solution]

How did you create the hyperlinks? Only hyperlinks created via the Hyperlinks panel will work without javascript.

Any link created with the Buttons and Forms panel will not work without javascript.

[kayvonS]

God Bless you for responding. i did use the buttons function for some which i will remove. what about links generated from table of contents and indexes, do they require a javascript also? or do they function like regular hyperlinks? Thank you rayek_elfin for your time. 

[David Popham · Accepted solution]

Hyperlinks for TOC's and indexes do not use JavaScript, they are HTML anchor (<a>) elements.

[kayvonS]

thank you David