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detective
Advanced tools
The 'detective' npm package is a module dependency analysis tool that helps developers to find out which modules are required in a given JavaScript file. It parses the file, extracts the 'require' statements, and returns a list of dependencies. This is particularly useful for tasks like bundling, minification, and understanding code dependencies.
Detect CommonJS dependencies
This feature allows you to extract all CommonJS dependencies (i.e., modules loaded via 'require') from a JavaScript file. The code reads a JavaScript file, uses detective to parse the file and logs the list of dependencies.
const detective = require('detective');
const fs = require('fs');
const content = fs.readFileSync('/path/to/js/file.js', 'utf8');
const dependencies = detective(content);
console.log(dependencies);
Detect ES6 module dependencies
Using 'detective-es6', a variant of detective tailored for ES6 modules, this feature parses files containing ES6 import statements to determine dependencies. The process involves reading the file, parsing it with detective-es6, and logging the dependencies.
const detective = require('detective-es6');
const fs = require('fs');
const content = fs.readFileSync('/path/to/es6/file.js', 'utf8');
const dependencies = detective(content);
console.log(dependencies);
Precinct is a tool similar to detective but with broader capabilities. It supports detecting dependencies from multiple module types including CommonJS, AMD, ES6, and TypeScript. Compared to detective, which requires different variants for different module systems, Precinct provides a more unified and versatile approach.
Madge is a more comprehensive tool that builds on the functionality provided by detective. It not only finds dependencies but also creates visual graphs of module dependencies and can detect circular dependencies. This makes Madge suitable for larger projects where understanding the module structure visually can be particularly beneficial.
find all calls to require()
by walking the AST
strings_src.js:
var a = require('a');
var b = require('b');
var c = require('c');
strings.js:
var detective = require('detective');
var fs = require('fs');
var src = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/strings_src.js');
var requires = detective(src);
console.dir(requires);
output:
$ node examples/strings.js
[ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
var detective = require('detective');
Give some source body src
, return an array of all the require()
calls with
string arguments.
The options parameter opts
is passed along to detective.find()
.
Give some source body src
, return found
with:
found.strings
- an array of each string found in a require()
found.expressions
- an array of each stringified expression found in a
require()
callfound.nodes
(when opts.nodes === true
) - an array of AST nodes for each
argument found in a require()
callOptionally:
opts.word
- specify a different function name instead of "require"
opts.nodes
- when true
, populate found.nodes
opts.isRequire(node)
- a function returning whether an AST CallExpression
node is a require callopts.parse
- supply options directly to
acorn with some support for esprima-style
options range
and loc
opts.ecmaVersion
- default: 9With npm do:
npm install detective
MIT
5.2.1 - 2022-05-27
FAQs
find all require() calls by walking the AST
The npm package detective receives a total of 2,015,359 weekly downloads. As such, detective popularity was classified as popular.
We found that detective demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 40 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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