import-global
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Import a globally installed module
Please don't use this unless absolutely necessary. Local dependencies should be preferred.
$ npm install import-global
$ npm install --global cat-names
const importGlobal = require('import-global');
const catNames = importGlobal('cat-names');
catNames.random();
//=> 'Snuggles'
Throws if the module can't be found.
Returns null instead of throwing if the module can't be found.
Type: string
What you would use in require().
MIT © Sindre Sorhus
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Import a globally installed module
The npm package import-global receives a total of 41,012 weekly downloads. As such, import-global popularity was classified as popular.
We found that import-global demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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