node-myself

allows requiring of the current module by the name specified in the package.json

When developing a node.js package, you will often find it is a nightmare to refer to your package from within itself. You will often resort to code like:

const OurFramework = require('../../../index.js');

This package allows you to refer to your own package with the name you specified in the package.json file. For example:

const OurFramework = require('our-framework');

Usage is fairly simple, in your main file (index.js) you should simply add this line of code:

require('myself')(__dirname);

Documentation

The myself package exports a single function, that accepts a single argument:

require_me(string rootPath)

rootPath: The root folder of your project, this folder will be scanned for a package.json file and will be processed.

This function returns an object of the following format:

{
	RequireOverrideError: ..., // All errors inherit this class, this can be used for comparison
	Instance: ...              // The running instance of the require() interceptor
}

Instance

Once initialised, the interceptor provides a set of methods for handling updates:

setPath(string rootPath)

rootPath: The root folder of your project, this folder will be scanned for a package.json file and will be processed.

Updates the root path of the running instance. This will automatically trigger package redetection.

detectPackage()

Attempt to detect the package.json file in the root path. If found, the interceptor will be updated. If not found, an error will be thrown.