Calling require from inside a node addon #482

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1. gabrielschulhof commented on May 13, 2019

   

   gabrielschulhof

   on May 13, 2019

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   You can do this:

   const native = require('./build/Release/native_addon.node');
   native.receiveRequire(require);

   IOW you write a native function that receives require() as a parameter. You can store a persistent reference to this function in your native addon and use it afterwards.
2. gabrielschulhof commented on Jun 4, 2019

   

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   @elwyos does this answer your question?
3. elwyos commented on Jun 23, 2019

   

   elwyos

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   Sorry for the late reply - only checked this now. I've actually done something different instead :

   blah = require; const addon = require('./build/Release/some_addon')

   and then accessing the variable blah. That seems to work on the Init function. Is there anything special with receiveRequire?
4. gabrielschulhof commented on Jun 24, 2019

   

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   @elwyos how do you mean "and then accessing the variable blah"? There is nothing special about receiveRequire(). As long as you can get a reference to require() into your native addon, you're all set.
5. mhdawson commented on Dec 7, 2020

   

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   Closing this out as looks like the original question was answered and there has not been a response to Gabriel's last comment for a long time. Please let us know if that is not the right thing to do.
6. mhdawson

   closed this as completedon Dec 7, 2020