Allows you to optionally include modules without surrounding everything with 'try/catch'
#OPTIONAL
Node-optional allows you to optionally 'require' modules without surrounding everything with 'try/catch'. Usage and installation is easy and this module itself is very easy and straightforward to use.
##Install
npm install optional
##Usage
var optional = require("./optional");
var express = optional("express");
var fs = optional("fs");
console.log("express: " + express);
console.log("fs: " + fs);
Output:
express: null
fs: [object Object]
##Changelog ###v0.1.0-2
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Allows you to optionally include modules without surrounding everything with 'try/catch'
The npm package optional receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, optional popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that optional demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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