komaldir

A simple utility to get the actual project root directory in ES Modules, even when the function is called from inside node_modules.

📦 Installation

npm install komaldir

✨ Features

• Works with ES Modules
• Returns the actual project root path
• Trims node_modules if the package is used inside one
• Replacement for __dirname in ES Modules

🚀 Usage

📁 Folder Structure

my-app/
├── public/
│   └── prabhu.html
├── index.js
└── package.json

🧠 Basic Usage

import { komaldir } from 'komaldir';

const rootDir = komaldir();
console.log(rootDir); // Outputs: absolute path to your project root

🌐 Express Example

import express from 'express';
import { komaldir } from 'komaldir';

const app = express();
const pd = komaldir();
const port = 3000;

app.get("/prabhu", (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(pd + '/public/prabhu.html');
});

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Running on ${port}`);
});

Visit in browser:

http://localhost:3000/prabhu

🔍 Internals

import { dirname } from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

export function komaldir(metaUrl = import.meta.url) {
  let fullPath = dirname(fileURLToPath(metaUrl));
  const nodeModulesIndex = fullPath.indexOf('node_modules');
  if (nodeModulesIndex !== -1) {
    fullPath = fullPath.substring(0, nodeModulesIndex - 1);
  }
  return fullPath;
}

📜 License

MIT License
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