acquire-module

Node.js' require function on steroids

Installation

$ npm install acquire-module

Features

• Search for a module in multiple directories
• Search using both absolute and relative paths
• You can specify a module prefix as a search option

along with all the existing features of require()

Usage

const acquire = require("acquire-module");

acquire (moduleName, [options])

Parameter	Type	Description
moduleName	<string>	The name of the module (if present in node_modules or if paths are specified in option.paths). Can also simply include the module path to resolve.
[options]	<Object>	Additional search options for moduleName.
[options.paths]	<string> , <Array>.string	Paths to one or more directories to resolve module location from. For each path specified, both the path itself and node_modules will be searched.
[options.prefix]	<string>	Prefix of the given moduleName.

• returns a module Object

Examples

> const inquirer = acquire('inquirer')
> var _ = acquire('/core', { prefix: 'lodash' })
> const myModule = acquire('some-file.js', { paths: '.' })
> const anotherModule = acquire('file.js', {paths: './some/place/where/file/exists', prefix: 'some' })
> const nextModule = acquire('app.js', { paths: [ '.', '~/my-modules' ] })
> const doesSomething = acquire('something.js', { paths: [ 'some/place/unsure/where/file/is', '~/my-modules' , '.'] })
 

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