how to import this package?

[Usama-Tahir]

right now, only
const randomToken = require('random-token');
syntax is supported I believe. But how can we use it in import like way?

[ashnur]

That's a very good question :)

ES modules (aka. export/import) is still only accessible under a --experimental-modules flag in nodejs. As you can see the repository is ~6 years old. At the time export/import was not something I had to consider seriously.

Even today, most people use babel to support export/import and a bundler to support require.

So to answer your question, it depends where you want to use it.

On the other hand, the whole module is quite a small code

  // return a number between 0 and max-1
    function r(max){ return Math.floor(Math.random()*max) }

    function generate(salt, size){
        var key = ''
        var sl = salt.length
        while ( size -- ) {
            var rnd = r(sl)
            key += salt[rnd]
        }
        return key
    }

    var rndtok = function(salt, size){
        return isNaN(size) ? undefined :
               size < 1    ? undefined : generate(salt, size)

    }

    rndtok.gen = createGenerator

    function createGenerator(salt){
        salt = typeof salt  == 'string' && salt.length > 0 ? salt :  'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxzy0123456789'
        var temp = rndtok.bind(rndtok, salt)
        temp.salt = function(){ return salt }
        temp.create = createGenerator
        temp.gen = createGenerator
        return temp
    }

    module.exports = createGenerator()

You can copy just that and then no need to import.

[Usama-Tahir]

thanks. I will use this code for now and will try to make a PR supporting import syntax.

[Usama-Tahir]

import * as randomToken from 'random-token' also works in typescript

[ashnur]

Thanks, good to know.