async-require

async-require

asyncronous module loader

Example

//ironically loading async-require using syncronaous require.
var asyncRequire = require('async-require');

• async-require
  • requireAsync(module) ⇒ Promise.<(module|Error)> ⏏
    • ~load - A promisified function that accepts a moduleId as an argument and returns a promise resolving in an object with a toString method such as a Buffer or a String.()

requireAsync(module) ⇒ Promise.<(module|Error)> ⏏

Kind: Exported function

Param	Type	Description
module	string	the path to the module without a .js extension

Example

//load script myModule.js
asyncRequire('myModule').then(function(module){
  //module has been exported
});

requireAsync~load - A promisified function that accepts a moduleId as an argument and returns a promise resolving in an object with a toString method such as a Buffer or a String.()

load is used by async-require to load the script. By default it load a file relative to the calling module similar to how require works when loading module not installed through npm. Since this function is public you can set a new load method.

Kind: inner method of requireAsync
Access: public
Example
load a script with request

var asyncRequire = require('async-require'),
    request = require('request'),
    Promise = require('promise'),
    //load must return a promise
    get = Promise.promisify(request.get);
 
    //overwrite the default load
    asyncRequire.load = function(url){
         //get the script
         return get(url).spread(function(res, body){
             //returrn only the body of the script
             return body;
         })
    }