dynamic-imports

Import / require dynamically from string sources.

dynamic-imports is a wrapper on top of vm.Script and vm.Module for require/provide and import/export correspondingly.

Currently only a subset of features of vm are implemented as I am trying to create consistent and simple API, more features such as module, script and context options might be added in the future

Note that nested imports are currently not allowed in exported module sources, so the following will throw an error:

dynamicImports.export('does-not-work', 'import more from "even-more"')

Also note that using import/export functionality requires Node 9.6.0, as well as running it with --experimental-vm-modules and --experimental-modules, like so:

node --experimental-vm-modules --experimental-modules your-file.js

Current API:

The most basic usage is as follows:

import dynamicImports from 'dynamic-imports'
 
dynamicImports.provide('cjsDoge', `
  module.exports = {
    default: 'wow',
    more: 'such more',
    stuff: 'very stuff'
  }
`)
 
console.log(dynamicImports.require('cjsDoge'))
// { default: 'wow', more: 'such more', stuff: 'very stuff' }
 
dynamicImports.export('mjsDoge', `
  export default 'wow'
  export let more = 'such more'
  export let stuff = 'very stuff'
`)
 
console.log(await dynamicImports.import('mjsDoge'))
// { default: 'wow', more: 'such more', stuff: 'very stuff' }

You can also provide context sandboxes to modules

Do note how sandbox.doge reacts to changes in all scopes, since you are sharing it between contexts

const sandbox = { doge: 'wow' }
 
dynamicImports.provide('cjsDoge', `
  module.exports = newDoge => newDoge ? doge = newDoge : doge
`, { sandbox })
 
console.log(dynamicImports.require('cjsDoge')())
// 'wow'
console.log(dynamicImports.require('cjsDoge')('nova'))
// 'nova'
console.log(dynamicImports.require('cjsDoge')())
// 'nova'
 
dynamicImports.export('mjsDoge', `
  export default newDoge => newDoge ? doge = newDoge : doge
`, { sandbox })
 
console.log((await dynamicImports.import('mjsDoge')).default())
// 'nova'
console.log((await dynamicImports.import('mjsDoge')).default('supernova'))
// 'supernova'
console.log((await dynamicImports.import('mjsDoge')).default())
// 'supernova'
 
console.log(sandbox.doge)
// 'supernova'