In Node.js, how do I “include” functions from my other files?

Question

Let\'s say I have a file called app.js. Pretty simple:

var express = require(\'express\');
var app = express.createServer();
app.set(\'views\', __dirname + \         


        

Answer 1

I was as well searching for an option to include code without writing modules, resp. use the same tested standalone sources from a different project for a Node.js service - and jmparattes answer did it for me.

The benefit is, you don't pollute the namespace, I don't have trouble with "use strict"; and it works well.

Here a full sample:

Script to load - /lib/foo.js

"use strict";

(function(){

    var Foo = function(e){
        this.foo = e;
    }

    Foo.prototype.x = 1;

    return Foo;

}())

SampleModule - index.js

"use strict";

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

var SampleModule = module.exports = {

    instAFoo: function(){
        var Foo = eval.apply(
            this, [fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '/lib/foo.js')).toString()]
        );
        var instance = new Foo('bar');
        console.log(instance.foo); // 'bar'
        console.log(instance.x); // '1'
    }

}

Hope this was helpfull somehow.