Load-from-cwd-or-npm NPM

load-from-cwd-or-npm

Load a module from either CWD or npm CLI directory

const loadFromCwdOrNpm = require('load-from-cwd-or-npm');

// $ npm ls validate-npm-package-name
// > └── (empty)

(async () => {
  require('validate-npm-package-name'); // throws a `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` error
  const RegistryClient = await loadFromCwdOrNpm('validate-npm-package-name'); // doesn't throw
})();

Installation

Use npm.

npm install load-from-cwd-or-npm

API

const loadFromCwdOrNpm = require('load-from-cwd-or-npm');

loadFromCwdOrNpm(moduleId, compareFn)

moduleId: string (a module ID without path separators (/, \\))
compareFn: Function (a function to compare two package versions)
Return: Promise<any>

It loads a module with the given module ID from either of these two directories:

node_modules in the current working directory
node_modules in the directory where npm CLI is installed

If the module ins't installed in CWD but included in the npm CLI dependencies, it loads the module from npm CLI directory.

// $ npm ls nopt
// > └── (empty)

(async () => {
  const nopt = await loadFromCwdOrNpm('nopt'); //=> {[Function: nopt], clean: [Function: clean] ...}
})();

If the module ins't included in the npm CLI dependencies but installed in CWD, it loads the module from CWD.

// $ npm ls eslint
// > └── eslint@4.11.0

(async () => {
  // npm doesn't depend on `eslint` module.
  const eslint = await loadFromCwdOrNpm('eslint'); //=> {linter: EventEmitter { ... }, ...}
})();

If the module exists in both directories, it compares their package versions and loads the newer one.

// $ npm ls rimraf
// > └── rimraf@1.0.0

(async () => {
  // Loaded from npm CLI directory because the CWD version is older
  const rimraf = await loadFromCwdOrNpm('rimraf');
})();

The returned promise will be fulfilled with the loaded module, or rejected when it fails to find the module from either directories.

compareFn(cwdPackageVersion, npmPackageVersion)

Default: node-semver's gte method

Used as a comparison function when a module with the given ID exists in both directories.

It takes two string arguments, package versions of the CWD one and the npm dependency one. the former will be loaded when compareFn returns true, otherwise the latter will be loaded.

const loadFromCwdOrNpm = require('load-from-cwd-or-npm');
const semver = require('semver');

loadFromCwdOrNpm('rimraf', semver.lt);
// inverse to the default behavior (the older will be loaded)