Node JS CLI + Node Library

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I'm working on creating a node library which includes a CLI to work with it.

The full (however not long) code is found at https://github.com/claydiffrient/reltoabs.

Because I'm actively developing this, I'm using a npm link to work with in during development.

The portion giving me trouble seems to be in the cli.js file. When I include the module via a var reltoabs = require('reltoabs') node spits back an error saying that the reltoabs module doesn't exist, however it is in the node_modules. Any idea how I can make this work?

Try: var reltoabs = require('app/reltoabs');

Deryck
– Deryck

2013-09-15 02:04:35 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2013 at 2:04 — Deryck
– Deryck, Commented Sep 15, 2013 at 2:04

hexacyanide · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-15 02:45:00Z

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If the module you're trying to require isn't a native module and doesn't start with a path identifier, then Node will start by looking in the parent directory of the current module and appends /node_modules. Node will then look in that directory, and if the module isn't there, then it will iterate up the filesystem tree until the root is reached.

Assuming you're developing from a modules folder, your require does these searches:

/module/path/lib/node_modules/reltoabs
/path/lib/node_modules/reltoabs
/lib/node_modules/reltoabs

This doesn't explain the error you're getting, but to avoid errors like yours, references files relatively when possible:

var reltoabs = require('./reltoabs')

edited Sep 15, 2013 at 2:45

answered Sep 15, 2013 at 2:25

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claydiffrient Over a year ago

Actually that seemed to fix the problem! Thanks so much!

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