node_modules-path
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Get the path of the `node_modules` folder in your scripts or CLI or package.json
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Get the path of the node_modules
folder in your scripts or CLI or package.json
. This is useful when you are building a library that can either be used as an npm dependency or directly, see this question on SO.
You can add a parameter in order to look for a specific module. This is useful when npm creates multiple node_modules folder for conflicts reasons.
Installation
$ npm install node_modules-path --save
Test
$ npm test
This project has been battle tested on Silex website builder
Access node_modules in package.json
Use it in your packge.json
like this:
"name": "my-super-project",
"scripts": {
"build": "cp -R `node_modules`/font-awesome/fonts/* dist/fonts/", <=== this will be executed as cp -R /path-to-your-node_modules/or-the-node_modules-of-a-parent/font-awesome/fonts/* dist/fonts/
With a specific module name as a param:
"scripts": {
"test": "echo `node_modules` can differ from `node_modules module1`", <=== this will be executed as cp -R /path-to-your-node_modules/or-the-node_modules-of-a-parent/font-awesome/fonts/* dist/fonts/
node_modules folder path from another nodejs script
const node_modules = require('node_modules-path');
console.log('node module path for this project:', node_modules());
This is especially useful to serve fonts in an express app
app.use('/fonts', express.static(Path.resolve(node_modules(), 'font-awesome/fonts/')));
// node_modules() will return the path to your node_modules or to the node_modules of a parent
With a specific module name as a param, which is safer:
app.use('/fonts', express.static(Path.resolve(node_modules('font-awesome'), 'font-awesome/fonts/')));
// node_modules('font-awesome') will return the path to your node_modules or to the node_modules of a parent
node_modules folder path for sass includes
In your package.json
script to compile sass:
{
"build:sass": "sass --load-path `node_modules normalize.css` src/css/app.scss dist/css/app.css"
}