require-newly

Import Node.js modules but cleaning their cache previously.

1. Installation

~$ npm install --save require-newly

2. Usage

// 1. Import the module:
const requireNewly = require("require-newly");

// 2. Use it to import other modules
const myModule = requireNewly("./my-module.js");

// 3. Change the contents of the modules that were already imported
// ...

// 4. Use it to import the same modules, but clearing the cache:
const myModuleFresh = requireNewly("./my-module.js");

3. API

const requireNewly = require("require-newly")

requireNewly(module:String)

Type: {Function}

Parameter: {String} module. Path or name of the module to be retrieved.

Returns: {Any}.

Description: Retrieves the specified module, but previously it clears the cache that was bound to that module.

requireNewly.purge(module:String)

Type: {Function}

Parameter: {String} module. Path or name of the module to which purge its cache.

Returns: {Void}.

Description: Removes a module from the cache

requireNewly.search(module:String, callback:Function)

Type: {Function}

Parameter: {String} module. Path or name of the module to be retrieved.

Parameter: {Function} callback. Callback applied to each module found.

Returns: {Void}.

Description: Traverses the cache to search for all the cached files of the specified module name

4. Tests, coverage and documentation

· To pass the tests:

~$ npm run test

· To generate the coverage reports:

~$ npm run coverage

· To generate the documentation:

~$ npm run docs

5. Conclusion

This package is simply the implementation of the solution of this issue.