express-node_modules

A simple express plug-in for delivering libraries from node_modules to client browsers.

How to use

Setting it up is easy:

var module = require('express-node_modules')
app.use(module('/lib', require))

From this point on, any url like /lib/some-module will attempt to load some-module with the require-function that was handed in.

The extension is optional, so given the example above, /lib/some-module would return the same module as /lib/some-module.js.

It can be given a simple paths object if any renaming is necessary:

app.use(module('/lib', { paths: { 'some-lib': 'real-lib-name' } }, require)

This can be used to make it work with require.js, which is normally delivering a node-module that is not directly browser compatible:

app.use(module('lib', {
	paths: { 'requirejs': 'requirejs/require/' }
}, require)