Drafts Directory: Require NPM Module

Action

Posted by @galtenberg, Last update over 6 years ago

// Require NPM Module (via Unpkg)

// Include this action before your script
// Then in your script, call require() with a common npm package
// (Not all npm packages are supported)
// Try lines like those below
// Works great with “Eval Draft” action

////

removeBasic = require(‘remove-words’)
removeBasic(“Today is sunny so we are going to go swimming at the seaside”)

////

require(‘hashids’)
const hashids = new Hashids(‘my-app’, 0, ‘abcdefgh12345678’)
hashids.encode(13579)

Install

Steps

script

const debug = false

// Claim the require function, load from unpkg
// Allows internal, recursive calls to require
// Won't work for all packages
// - those that contain relative requires like '../file.json'

const require = (moduleName) => {

  const response = HTTP.create().request({
    "url": `https://unpkg.com/${moduleName}`
  })
  
  if (response.responseText.startsWith("Cannot find package")) {
    alert(`Cannot find package at unpkg.com/${moduleName}`)
    return
  }
  
  // In case package attempts to set module.exports
  let module = {}

  eval(response.responseText)
    
  if (debug) { 
    console.log(JSON.stringify(response))
    console.log(JSON.stringify(this))
  }

  if (module.exports) 
    return module.exports   
}

// In case package gets cute with node assumptions
const process = {
  env: {
    NODE_ENV: undefined
  }
}

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