requirable

Enables a module to require itself by name

Mocks the require command to include the current package when the name from the current package.json is required.

Uses process.cwd() to find the current package.json so this is only meant to be used in scripts executed from the CLI. This will not work on a published package!

Install

npm install --save-dev requirable

Usage

require('requirable');
// That's it! `require` has now been patched
 
const myPackage = require('package-name')

AVA Usage

Some tests runners such as AVA can require packages automatically for you. If you're using AVA add the following to your package.json:

"ava": {
  "require": [
    "requirable"
  ]
},

You can now require (or import) your package in your AVA tests by name.

e.g instead of:

import test from 'ava';
import myPackage from '../';

You can now do:

import test from 'ava';
import myPackage from 'package-name';

API

require('requirable')

Patches the require function to be able to require the current module by name.

Returns an object.

obj.success

Type: boolean

True or false depending on whether we could find package.json.

obj.path

Type: undefined, string

Path to the folder containing package.json.

obj.name

Type: undefined, string

Name of the module in package.json.

License

MIT © Luke Childs