js-include

Synopsis

Includes a JS file in Node.JS that isn't a node module and wraps its outcome in a namespace.

Code Example

Return the script namespace to a new variable:

var jsInclude = require('js-include');
var namespace = jsInclude('./includeFile.js');
namespace.innerFunction('hello world');

Use multiple script files in a single namespace:

var jsInclude = require('js-include');
var namespace = jsInclude([
    './file1.js',
    './file2.js',
    '../../otherFile.js',
    'dir/file3.js'
]);

Provide an object to hold the namespace:

var jsInclude = require('js-include');

var namespace = {};
jsInclude(['file1.js', 'file2.js'], namespace);

namespace.innerFunction('hello world');

Motivation

Initially this was created to use Apache Thrift generated JS files in a small test environment, without generating dedicated Node.JS files.

Installation

npm install js-include

API Reference

require('js-include') returns a function that can accept two arguments:

1st argument: string or string[] List of files to execute.

2nd argument (optional): object A simple object to be used as a namespace

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2015 Boris Aranovich [e-mail]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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