thislooksfun/pquire

pquire

A simple module for better local requiring

Installation

npm i -S pquire

Typical Usage

File structure:

<root>
  ┣╸lib
  ┃  ┣╸settings.js
  ┃  ┗╸util.js
  ┣╸src
  ┃  ┣╸module1.js
  ┃  ┣╸duplicate.js
  ┃  ┗╸mod2.js
  ┣╸duplicate.js
  ┗╸index.js

Documentation

Function	Description
pquire(<path>)	First tries to require relative to the current file, then, if that fails, requires relative to the package root.
pquire.abs(<path>)	Forces the require path to be relative to the root of the project.
pquire.rel(<path>)	Forces the require path to be relative to the path of the current file. This is the same as running require(./<path>)
pquire.withBaseRelative(<path>)	Creates a new pquire instance that uses <path> as its absolute base instead of getting it dynamically. This differs from withBaseAbsolute in that it interprets <path> relative to the current file.
pquire.withBaseAbsolute(<path>)	Creates a new pquire instance that uses <path> as its absolute base instead of getting it dynamically. This differs from withBaseRelative in that it interprets <path> relative to the project root.

Examples

File structure:

<root>
  ┣╸lib
  ┃  ┣╸settings.js
  ┃  ┗╸util.js
  ┣╸src
  ┃  ┣╸module1.js
  ┃  ┣╸duplicate.js
  ┃  ┗╸mod2.js
  ┣╸duplicate.js
  ┗╸index.js

Typical usage:

<root>/src/module1.js:

const pquire = require("pquire");

// Smart
const util = pquire("lib/util");      // <root>/lib/util.js
const dup1 = pquire("duplicate");     // <root>/src/duplicate.js
// Explicit
const mod2 = pquire.rel("mod2");      // <root>/src/mod2.js
const dup2 = pquire.abs("duplicate"); // <root>/duplicate.js

Advanced usage: global

<root>/index.js:

// ...
global.pquire = require("pquire");
// ...

<root>/lib/util.js:

// No need to require pquire in this file.
const settings = pquire("settings"); // <root>/lib/settings.js
// ...

Advanced usage: withBaseRelative

<root>
  ┗╸src
     ┣╸util
     ┃  ┗╸settings.js
     ┣╸sub
     ┃  ┗╸module1.js
     ┣╸mod2.js
     ┗╸index.js

<root>/src/index.js:

// ...
// Set the base path to '<root>/src'
global.pquire = require("pquire").withBaseRelative("./");
// ...

<root>/src/sub/module1.js:

// No need to require pquire in this file.
const settings = pquire("util/settings"); // <root>/src/util/settings.js
// ...