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

To turn "tools" into a module, I don't see hard at all. Despite all the other answers I would still recommend use of module.exports:

//util.js
module.exports = {
   myFunction: function () {
   // your logic in here
   let message = "I am message from myFunction";
   return message; 
  }
}

Now we need to assign this exports to global scope (in your app|index|server.js )

var util = require('./util');

Now you can refer and call function as:

//util.myFunction();
console.log(util.myFunction()); // prints in console :I am message from myFunction