SP.Ribbon.WebPartComponent.getWebPartAdder() returns undefined - sharepoint

Question

I am using the source at http://blog.symprogress.com/2010/11/ribbon-insert-any-web-part-using-javascript/ to handle user web part button click event.
The function 'addWebPart()' calls a function 'SP.Ribbon.WebPartComponent.getWebPartAdder()' which is supposed to return adder instance but sometimes it returns undefined.
If I add a while loop to wait for the instance value to return correctly, the browser in my VM stalls for some time. When an instance is returned, the browser becomes responsive again. This only happens in some instances.
I am using SharePoint 2013 and the section of code I am referring to is:
addWebPart = function (wpCategory, wpTitle) {
var webPartAdder = SP.Ribbon.WebPartComponent.getWebPartAdder();
while (webPartAdder == undefined)
webPartAdder = SP.Ribbon.WebPartComponent.getWebPartAdder();
// ... Other stuff ...
}
How can this issue be resolved?

Answer 1

For anyone looking for an answer to this question, turns out you have to call 'LoadWPAdderOnDemand()' function then wait for the event '_spEventWebPartAdderReady'. Then query for 'window.WPAdder':
addWebPartDelayed = function (webPartAdder, wpCategory, wpTitle) {
var webPart = findWebPart(webPartAdder, wpCategory, wpTitle);
if (webPart) {
var zone = WPAdder._zones[0];
var wpid = WPAdder._createWebpartPlaceholderInRte();
WPAdder.addItemToPageByItemIdAndZoneId(webPart.id, zone.id, 0, wpid);
}
else
alert('ERROR: Web part not found! Please try again after sometime.');
},
addWebPart = function (wpCategory, wpTitle) {
var webPartAdder = window.WPAdder;
if (webPartAdder == undefined) {
LoadWPAdderOnDemand();
ExecuteOrDelayUntilEventNotified(
function () {
var webPartAdder = window.WPAdder;
addWebPartDelayed(webPartAdder, wpCategory, wpTitle);
},
"_spEventWebPartAdderReady");
}
else
addWebPartDelayed(webPartAdder, wpCategory, wpTitle);
};