The create-require npm package is designed to dynamically create a `require` function at a given path. This is particularly useful in scenarios where you need to resolve modules or require files relative to a specific directory, rather than the current working directory of the process. It can be used to simulate the behavior of Node.js's `require` in different contexts or to dynamically load modules from various locations in a filesystem.

What are create-require's main functionalities?

Creating a custom require function for a specific directory

This feature allows you to create a new `require` function that resolves modules as if it was called from the specified directory. This is useful for loading modules from a directory different from the current script's directory.

const createRequire = require('create-require');
const myRequire = createRequire('/path/to/my/directory');
const myModule = myRequire('./myModule');

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Changelog

Source

1.1.1 (2020-11-26)

Bug Fixes

types: explicitly import the URL type (#3) (66a98cc)

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`create-require`

Polyfill for Node.js module.createRequire (<= v12.2.0)

Install

yarn add create-require

npm install create-require

Usage

function createRequire (filename: string | URL): NodeRequire;

const createRequire = require('create-require')

const myRequire = createRequire('path/to/test.js')
const myModule = myRequire('./test-sibling-module')

License

MIT

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Last updated on 26 Nov 2020

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