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acquire-module

Node.js' require function on steroids

Installation

$ npm install acquire-module

Features

along with all the existing features of require()

Usage

const acquire = require("acquire-module");

acquire (moduleName, options)

Parameter	Type	Description
moduleName	`<string>`	The name of the module (if present in `node_modules` or if paths are specified in `option.paths`). Can also simply include the module path to resolve.
options	`<Object>`	Additional search options for `moduleName`.
options.paths	`<string>` , `<Array>.string`	Paths to one or more directories to resolve module location from. For each path specified, both the path itself and `node_modules` will be searched.
options.prefix	`<string>`	Prefix of the given `moduleName`.

• returns a module Object

Examples

> const inquirer = acquire('inquirer')
> var _ = acquire('/core', { prefix: 'lodash' })
> const myModule = acquire('some-file.js', { paths: '.' })
> const anotherModule = acquire('file.js', {paths: './some/place/where/file/exists', prefix: 'some' })
> const nextModule = acquire('app.js', { paths: [ '.', '~/my-modules' ] })
> const doesSomething = acquire('something.js', { paths: [ 'some/place/unsure/where/file/is', '~/my-modules' , '.'] })