Sometimes, we want to load a Node.js module from string in memory.
In this article, we’ll look at how to load a Node.js module from string in memory.
How to load a Node.js module from string in memory?
To load a Node.js module from string in memory, we can use the require-from-string module.
To install it, we run
npm install require-from-string
Then we use it by writing
const requireFromString = require('require-from-string');
const m = requireFromString('module.exports = 1');
to call requireFromString with a string with the module’s code to require it.
As a result, m is 1.
Conclusion
To load a Node.js module from string in memory, we can use the require-from-string module.
One reply on “How to load a Node.js module from string in memory?”
This post is like a video with a title “how to cook” and then you actually showing how to boil eggs in the video.
The most important real life use case of this would be if we can use a bundled js file. And this concept doesn’t work on a bundled file.