Combining Angular Services with NodeJS Modules

Question

Supposing I have a library written in Javascript to be used in a MEAN stack application.

I wish to use my library both from NodeJS and within Angular. To remain idiomatic I would like the library to appear as a Module inside node and as a Service within Angular.

the only way I can think to do this is to do something like:

var myLibrary = function(){
    var myLib = {};
    myLib.myFunc1 = function() {
        //Do some cool stuff
    };
    return myLib;        
};    

if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
    module.exports = myLibrary();
} else{
    var app = angular.module('myApp.services', []);
    app.factory('myLibrary',myLibrary);
}

This will work, but it has at least two significant limitations:

The namespace is polluted with the variable "myLibrary"
If within the library I want to use other node modules or Angular services then I can't

I would like to know if anyone knows of a better solution, or if I should give up on using Angular services and use one of the libraries that allows client side Node module functionality.

Nick Long · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-09 10:14:51Z

1

Having done a bit of searching about this looks like the best solution:

https://gist.github.com/sevcsik/9207267

answered Jul 9, 2015 at 10:14

Nick Long

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