bulk-require

require a whole directory of trees in bulk

example

var bulk = require('bulk-require');
var sections = bulk(__dirname, [ 'data/**/*.js', 'render/*.js' ]);
console.log(sections);

Running this glob.js file in a directory with these contents:

data/
  cats/
    index.js
    meow/
      x.js
  dogs/
    index.js
    small/
      yip.js
    wolf/
      doge.js
  owners/
    data.js
glob.js
render/

Gives this output:

{ data: 
   { cats: { [Function] index: [Circular], meow: [Object] },
     dogs: { [Function] index: [Circular], small: [Object], wolf: [Object] },
     owners: { data: [Object] } },
  render: { x: { oneoneone: 111, twotwotwo: 222 } } }

warning

For applications full of real-world trade-offs and messy business logic organized into model/ and view/ directories this approach to loading modules may be justified, but most of the time you should just use the regular kind of require.

What you should absolutely never do is run this module from somewhere deep in your codebase. It should be very close to the entry point of your

Sometimes it's OK to break the rules. Especially if you can get away with it. Caveat npmtor.

methods

var bulk = require('bulk-require')

var modules = bulk(basedir, globs)

Return a nested object modules by expanding the string or array of strings globs rooted at the directory basedir.

Each file will be placed into the nested tree modules based on its filename with respect to basedir. Each directory becomes a new nested object.

If there is an index.js module that exports a single function with module.exports=, all the sub-modules will be attached to the index reference and it will serve as the parent node at that tree level.

install

With npm do:

npm install bulk-require

license

MIT