jpeer264 / node-catch-modules

find a global module or a local one by name or package.json name

Node.js: catch-modules

catch-modules find already installed modules, either globally or in your project.

Installation

npm install catch-modules --save

Usage

var findModule = require('catch-modules')

findModule.byName('abc', function(err, data) {
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    console.log('There is your data: ', data)
})

Methods

• byName
• byNameSync
• byDependency
• byDependencySync

byName

byName([global], hint, callback)

Searches all modules by name.

Example:

var findModule = require('catch-modules')

findModule.byName('async', function(err, data) {
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    console.log('There is your data: ', data)
}) // searches in project node_modules

findModule.byName(true, 'async', function(err, data) {
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    console.log('There is your data: ', data)
}) // searches in global node_modules

byNameSync

byNameSync([global], hint)

Synchronously searches all modules by name.

Example:

var findModule = require('catch-modules')


try {
    findModule.byNameSync('async') // searches in project node_modules
} catch (err) {
    console.error('Oh no, there was an error: ' + err.message)
}

byDependency

byDependency([global], hint, callback)

Searches all modules by dependency.

Example:

var findModule = require('catch-modules')

findModule.byDependency('async', function(err, data) {
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    console.log('There is your data: ', data)
}) // searches in dependencies of package.json in node_modules

findModule.byDependency(true, 'async', function(err, data) {
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    console.log('There is your data: ', data)
}) // searches in dependencies of package.json in global node_modules

byDependencySync

byDependencySync([global], hint)

Synchronously searches all modules by dependency.

Example:

var findModule = require('catch-modules')

try {
    findModule.byDependencySync('async') // searches in project node_modules
} catch (err) {
    console.error('Oh no, there was an error: ' + err.message)
}