Base directory for node_modules with Node integration

[mattdesl]

I'm trying to figure out how to configure the base directory for the Node-integrated require() statements in the browser process. My end goal is running Electron on regular Node.js sources that may require native modules (like fs or node-opencv). (The gory details.)

With the following, for example, after npm install save-pixels --save

var save = require('save-pixels')

This works when I run electron server.js from the same directory. However, say I am running this from an entirely different folder with its own modules:

projects
    app/
        node_modules
        server.js
    my-module/
        node_modules

Trying to run electron ../app/server.js from the my-module folder still seems to look inside app/node_modules rather than the calling folder.

Thanks. 😄

[zcbenz]

You can set NODE_PATH environment variable to override the default search paths.

Electron apps are mostly used as GUI apps, so current directory usually doesn't affect module search paths.

[mattdesl]

Thanks !