Import a globally installed module
Please don't use this unless absolutely necessary. Local dependencies should be preferred.
$ npm install import-global
$ npm install --global cat-names
const importGlobal = require('import-global');
const catNames = importGlobal('cat-names');
catNames.random();
//=> 'Snuggles'Throws if the module can't be found.
Returns null instead of throwing if the module can't be found.
Type: string
What you would use in require().
- resolve-global - Resolve the path of a globally installed module
- import-from - Import a module from a given path
- resolve-from - Resolve the path of a module from a given path
- is-installed-globally - Check if your package was installed globally
- global-dirs - Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries
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