auto-exporting functions in a node.js module

Question

is it possible to export automatically all the functions defined in a module of node.js?

Example:

Let's say that in the file foobar.js I have the following two functions

function foo() {
    ...
}

function bar() {
    ...
}

Does exist a tool for adding them automatically to the exports dictionary so that the following code is made possible?

foobar = require('foobar.js')
foobar.foo(); // works, even if not explicitly added in 'exports'
foobar.bar(); // also works

In other words, I would like to add progressively new functions to the module and not having to add them manually to the export dictionary. So, the following is what I want to avoid:

~~exports.foo = foo; exports.bar = bar;~~

Maybe this could be achieved by getting introspectively the list of all the functions defined in the module, but I also don't know how to achieve this.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

1

A way to expose things in a module:

var foobar = function(x, y) {
  this.x = x;
  this.y = y;
};
module.exports = foobar;

In your case:

foobar = require('foobar.js');
module.exports = foobar;

You can read extra here.

edit

doing what you need would require to overload node "require" method and this is not possible, take a look here.
Maybe you can install node-overload and use method RePrototype.

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

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answered Feb 28, 2014 at 14:57

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fstab Over a year ago

thank you for the answer, but what I meant is a way to add automatically the functions defined in the module to the exports

SirDeveloper Over a year ago

last chance: try node-overload

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