I searched and read many articles but could not find a clear answer. I have a module that exports one simple function that relies on filesystem ('fs') module to check if file exists.
In my 'main' module I also have a function that requires('fs'). Is there a way to use 'fs' from my main module instead of require('fs') in both files? I thank you in advance
CodePudding user response:
You shouldn't need to do this, because require
is internally optimized and it costs very close to nothing to re-import the same module again. (The cost is literally just checking a cache and returning the same module again.)
But having said that, your function can "require" the fs
object (or any other object/function/etc. from the fs
module that it needs) as a parameter when calling the function. For example:
module.exports = function (fs) {
// use the fs object
}
Then in your consuming code...
const fs = require('fs');
const myFunc = require('./your_module');
myFunc(fs);