directory-paths

Features

A node module to convert directory tree into javascript object with full path of a directory and your nested directories or the full path of each file at each nested directory.

Installation

This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry.

Before installing, download and install Node.js. Recommended Use latest stable version of Node.js.

Installation is done using the npm install command:

$ npm install directory-paths

How to use

The following example attaches directory-paths to a simple node.js application.

Directory structure:

├── app/
│   ├── config /
│   ├── middlewares /
│   │   ├── nested-middleware-A/
│   │   │   ├── A1/
│   │   │   │   ├── empty.js
│   │   │   │   ├── config.json
│   │   │   ├── A2/
│   │   │   │   ├── A2.1/
│   │   │   │   │   ├── A2.1.1/
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── empty.js
│   │   │   │   │   │   ├── example.js
│   │   ├── nested-middleware-B/
│   │   │   ├── B1/
│   │   │   │   ├── B1.1/
│   │   │   │   │   ├── empty.js
│   │   │   │   │   ├── empty.json
│   │   │   │   ├── empty.js
├── index.js

Example 1 - Full path of directories & files in global object

index.js

global.appRoot = __dirname;
global.paths = {};
var defineDirectoryPathsGlobalObject = require('directory-paths')
 
defineDirectoryPathsGlobalObject(global.paths, global.appRoot);
 
console.log(globle.paths)

Example 2 - Full path of directories & files in javascript object

index.js

var app = {};
app.appRoot = __dirname;
app.paths = {};
var defineDirectoryPathsObject = require('directory-paths')
 
defineDirectoryPathsObject(app.paths, app.appRoot);
 
console.log(app.paths)

Run the app:

node index.js

gives the following output

{
  app: {
  _: '__dirname/app',
  config: { _: '__dirname/app/config' },
  middlewares: {
    _: '__dirname/app/middlewares',
    nestedMiddlewareA: {
      _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A',
      a1: {
        _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A1',
        'config.json': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A1/config.json',
        'empty.js': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A1/empty.js'
      },
      a2: {
        _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A2',
        a21: {
          _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A2/A2.1',
          a211: {
            _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A2/A2.1/A2.1.1',
            'empty.js': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A2/A2.1/A2.1.1/empty.js',
            'example.js': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-A/A2/A2.1/A2.1.1/example.js'
          }
        }
      }
    },
    nestedMiddlewareB: {
      _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B',
      b1: {
        _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B/B1',
        b11: {
          _: '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B/B1/B1.1',
          'empty.js': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B/B1/B1.1/empty.js',
          'empty.json': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B/B1/B1.1/empty.json'
        },
        'empty.js': '__dirname/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B/B1/empty.js'
      }
    }
  }
 }
}

Example with directory imports using via directory path.

const { paths } = global;
const modules = require(paths.config._);
 
console.log(paths.config._) // "/Users/haiderkhan/development/paths/app/config"

Example with file imports via file path.

const { paths } = global;
const modules = require(paths.app.middlewares.nestedMiddlewareB.b1['empty.js']);
 
console.log(paths.app.middlewares.nestedMiddlewareB.b1['empty.js']) // "/Users/haiderkhan/development/paths/app/middlewares/nested-middleware-B/B1/empty.js"

Module for

• Node.js - Backend framework
• Express.js - Module for making apps

Author

• Haider Khan - Full Stack Javascript Developer
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Contributors

Welcome contributing, Please use GitHub's Issues/PRs.