detective-typescript

What is detective-typescript?

The detective-typescript npm package is designed to analyze TypeScript files to extract dependencies, such as import and require statements. It can be used to understand the structure of a TypeScript project, identify unused dependencies, or automate tasks that involve analyzing the dependency graph of a project.

What are detective-typescript's main functionalities?

Extract import statements

This feature allows you to extract all the import statements from a given TypeScript file content. The code sample demonstrates how to use detective-typescript to parse a string containing TypeScript code and return an array of the imported modules.

const detective = require('detective-typescript');
const content = `import { join } from 'path';
import * as fs from 'fs';`;
const dependencies = detective(content);

Extract require statements

In addition to import statements, detective-typescript can also extract require statements from TypeScript files. This is useful for projects that use a mix of ES6 and CommonJS modules. The code sample shows how to extract dependencies from a string of TypeScript code that uses require.

const detective = require('detective-typescript');
const content = `const express = require('express');
const app = express();`;
const dependencies = detective(content);

Other packages similar to detective-typescript

precinct

Precinct is a more general-purpose dependency detection tool that supports multiple file types, including JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS. While detective-typescript focuses specifically on TypeScript, Precinct provides a broader range of functionality but might be less specialized for TypeScript-specific nuances.

madge

Madge is a tool for generating a visual graph of module dependencies, and it can analyze TypeScript files among others. Unlike detective-typescript, which is focused on extracting dependencies from file content, Madge provides a higher-level overview of the project structure and can be used for visualizing and analyzing the dependency graph.

README

detective-typescript

Get the dependencies of TypeScript module

npm install detective-typescript

Usage

var detective = require('detective-typescript');

var mySourceCode = fs.readFileSync('myfile.js', 'utf8');

// Pass in a file's content or an AST
var dependencies = detective(mySourceCode);

Options

• skipTypeImports (default: false) - Skips imports that only imports types
• mixedImports: (default: false) - Include CJS imports in dependency list

License

MIT