browserify-extract-registry

Export a Browserify bundle's "dependency registry," a mapping of modules to their dependencies.

Installation

npm install browserify-extract-registry --save

Usage

// main.js
require('./a');
require('./b');

// a.js
require('c');

// b.js
console.log('do nothing!');

// c.js
console.log('do nothing!');

const extractRegistry = require('browserify-extract-registry');

browserify()
  .add('./main.js')
  .plugin(extractRegistry, {
    outputFile: './registry.json'
  });

This will result in a registry.json like the following. (Note: Browserify assigns modules numeric IDs.)

{
  "1": [2, 3], // "main" requires "a" and "b"
  "2": [4] // "a" requires "c"
  "3": [] // "b" has no deps
  "4": [] // "c" has no deps
}

Plugin configuration

• outputFile - Write the registy to the specified file path.
• callback - Callback. First argument is an error, and the second is the registry object.
• validateRegistry - Boolean. Default: false. Check that each module's dependency is in the registry. If not and outputFile is set, throws error. If not and callback is set, passes error as first argument.
• sortDeps - Boolean. Default: false. Sort each module's dependency array in the registry, allowing deterministic registries.

Why does this exist?

This plugin is designed for scenarios in which you need outside access to a bundle's dependencies.

It can be used alongside browserify-splitter to compute dependencies and generate dynamic bundles at runtime.