internal.modules

const { fs, http, childProcess } = require('internal.modules')
fs.readFile( ... )

internal.modules iterates Node's internal (built in) modules and exports only the valid ones. The invalid ones are those you can't or shouldn't require directly such as internals and 'sub modules' (containing a '/'). require('internal.modules') once

Implement this elegant functional reactive programming language pattern.

• npm install into your workdirectory, or
• npm install --global once and npm link it where it is needed.

/* module accessors are formatted as camelcased the JavaScript way. (stringDecoder, childProcess, ...) */
const { fs, childProcess } = require('internal.modules')
 
fs.readFile('index.js', (error, buffer) => {
    console.log(buffer.toString())
    console.log(childProcess.execSync('dir').toString())
})

/* ES2018 spread syntax */
const { fs, os, ...theOthers } = require('internal.modules')
console.log(theOthers) /* all core modules except 'fs' and 'os' */
 
const { net, stream } = { net: 'changed', ...theOthers } /* here, the value of 'net' is the net module of Node. */
const { net, stream } = { ...theOthers, net: 'changed' } /* here, net = 'changed' because assignment happens after consuming theOthers */
console.log(net)

/* */
let core = require('internal.modules')
const { http, https, config = require('./config.json') } = core
http.createServer((request, response) => { response.end(JSON.stringify(config, false, 3)) }).listen(80)

/* initialize */
const {  
    querystring, 
    path, 
    express = require('express'), 
    mysql = require('mysql'), 
} = require('internal.modules')
 
var app = express()
app.use(express.static('public'))
 
app.get('/*', (request, response) => response.end(`thank you for visiting ${request.url}!`))
app.listen(8000)
// ...

Why?

Because I type something like const fs = require('fs') (child_process, http, net, ...) a hundred times a day.

Links

• ECMAScript2018 specification (formalized best practices)
• Node.js v10.x API documentation