magic-variables

Magic variables for Node.js

Installation

npm install --save magic-variables

Usage

Simply add this to your top-most file, something like bootloader. No need to assign it to a variable, it can be accessible globally.

Basic variables:

require('magic-variables');
 
console.log(__magic.package);   // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/package.json
// or
console.log(require(__magic.package).version); // => 0.10.0
 
console.log(__magic.base);      // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/
 
console.log(__magic.filename);  // => magic-variables.js
 
console.log(__magic.file);      // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/magic-variables.js
 
console.log(__magic.extension); // => js
 
console.log(__magic.line);      // => 38
 
//          |  where column number points
//          V
console.log(__magic.column);    // => 13
 
//          |
//          V
console.log(__magic.info);      // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/magic-variables.js:46:13
 
console.log(__magic.function);  // => (anonymous) || function_name

Mapping:

Create .magicrc file in your application root and put these lines in it:

{
  "api" : "routes/api",
  "config" : "config.js",
  "lib" : "lib/"
}

Note: Do not use the reserved words: package, base, filename, file, extension, line, column, info and function. Also, not class or method too which are reserved for planned features.

console.log(__magic.api);    // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/routes/api
 
console.log(__magic.config); // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/config.js
 
console.log(__magic.lib);    // => /Users/gokaygurcan/Projects/magic-variables/lib/

TODO

Planned features:

__magic.class     // => null || class_name
__magic.method    // => null || method_name

Contribution

Any contributions are more than welcome!

License

MIT © Gökay Gürcan