node-amd-require

node-amd-require is a small script which adds AMD-style path resolution and define support to node's require() function. It can be used as an AMD loader or to add path configuration support to CommonJS modules.

Installation

Using npm:

npm install node-amd-require

Usage

require node-amd-require in your project's main entry point and call with your desired AMD-style configuration. Supports baseUrl, paths, and packages. Also supports the mainConfigFile property recursively.

/* [your index.js file or similar] */

require('node-amd-require')({
    //configuration from https://github.com/zship/deferreds.js
    baseUrl: '.',
    paths: {
        "deferreds": "src",
        "mout": "lib/mout",
    }
});

var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');
//...

Or pass a path to a .json file containing your configuration:

/* [your index.js file or similar] */

require('node-amd-require')('/path/to/config.json');

var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');
//...

Features

• Adds AMD configuration-based path resolution to require for AMD and/or CommonJS modules
• Adds define and RequireJS loader plugin support to require via amdefine and the require.extensions mechanism.
• Unlike requirejs in node, node-amd-require can support downstream scripts which directly call require on your possibly-AMD-format scripts (such as grunt and mocha). More on that is in this requirejs issue.
• Does not clobber external libraries (symlinks too)
  • AMD-style path resolution only happens when require is called from your project
  • define (AMD module support) is only added when require is called to your project (any file calls `require("/file/inside/your/project.js"))

License

Released under the MIT License.