Node.js v18.18.0 documentation

The Module object#

• <Object>

Provides general utility methods when interacting with instances of Module, the module variable often seen in CommonJS modules. Accessed via import 'node:module' or require('node:module').

module.builtinModules#

• <string[]>

A list of the names of all modules provided by Node.js. Can be used to verify if a module is maintained by a third party or not.

module in this context isn't the same object that's provided by the module wrapper. To access it, require the Module module:

// module.mjs
// In an ECMAScript module
import { builtinModules as builtin } from 'node:module';// module.cjs
// In a CommonJS module
const builtin = require('node:module').builtinModules;copy

module.createRequire(filename)#

• filename <string> | <URL> Filename to be used to construct the require function. Must be a file URL object, file URL string, or absolute path string.
• Returns: <require> Require function

import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);

// sibling-module.js is a CommonJS module.
const siblingModule = require('./sibling-module'); copy

module.isBuiltin(moduleName)#

• moduleName <string> name of the module
• Returns: <boolean> returns true if the module is builtin else returns false

import { isBuiltin } from 'node:module';
isBuiltin('node:fs'); // true
isBuiltin('fs'); // true
isBuiltin('wss'); // false copy

module.syncBuiltinESMExports()#

The module.syncBuiltinESMExports() method updates all the live bindings for builtin ES Modules to match the properties of the CommonJS exports. It does not add or remove exported names from the ES Modules.

const fs = require('node:fs');
const assert = require('node:assert');
const { syncBuiltinESMExports } = require('node:module');

fs.readFile = newAPI;

delete fs.readFileSync;

function newAPI() {
  // ...
}

fs.newAPI = newAPI;

syncBuiltinESMExports();

import('node:fs').then((esmFS) => {
  // It syncs the existing readFile property with the new value
  assert.strictEqual(esmFS.readFile, newAPI);
  // readFileSync has been deleted from the required fs
  assert.strictEqual('readFileSync' in fs, false);
  // syncBuiltinESMExports() does not remove readFileSync from esmFS
  assert.strictEqual('readFileSync' in esmFS, true);
  // syncBuiltinESMExports() does not add names
  assert.strictEqual(esmFS.newAPI, undefined);
}); copy

Source map v3 support#

Helpers for interacting with the source map cache. This cache is populated when source map parsing is enabled and source map include directives are found in a modules' footer.

To enable source map parsing, Node.js must be run with the flag --enable-source-maps, or with code coverage enabled by setting NODE_V8_COVERAGE=dir.

// module.mjs
// In an ECMAScript module
import { findSourceMap, SourceMap } from 'node:module';// module.cjs
// In a CommonJS module
const { findSourceMap, SourceMap } = require('node:module');copy

module.findSourceMap(path)#

• path <string>
• Returns: <module.SourceMap> | <undefined> Returns module.SourceMap if a source map is found, undefined otherwise.

path is the resolved path for the file for which a corresponding source map should be fetched.

Class: module.SourceMap#

new SourceMap(payload)#

• payload <Object>

Creates a new sourceMap instance.

payload is an object with keys matching the Source map v3 format:

• file: <string>
• version: <number>
• sources: <string[]>
• sourcesContent: <string[]>
• names: <string[]>
• mappings: <string>
• sourceRoot: <string>

sourceMap.payload#

• Returns: <Object>

Getter for the payload used to construct the SourceMap instance.

sourceMap.findEntry(lineOffset, columnOffset)#

• lineOffset <number> The zero-indexed line number offset in the generated source
• columnOffset <number> The zero-indexed column number offset in the generated source
• Returns: <Object>

Given a line offset and column offset in the generated source file, returns an object representing the SourceMap range in the original file if found, or an empty object if not.

The object returned contains the following keys:

• generatedLine: <number> The line offset of the start of the range in the generated source
• generatedColumn: <number> The column offset of start of the range in the generated source
• originalSource: <string> The file name of the original source, as reported in the SourceMap
• originalLine: <number> The line offset of the start of the range in the original source
• originalColumn: <number> The column offset of start of the range in the original source
• name: <string>

The returned value represents the raw range as it appears in the SourceMap, based on zero-indexed offsets, not 1-indexed line and column numbers as they appear in Error messages and CallSite objects.

To get the corresponding 1-indexed line and column numbers from a lineNumber and columnNumber as they are reported by Error stacks and CallSite objects, use sourceMap.findOrigin(lineNumber, columnNumber)

sourceMap.findOrigin(lineNumber, columnNumber)#

• lineNumber <number> The 1-indexed line number of the call site in the generated source
• columnOffset <number> The 1-indexed column number of the call site in the generated source
• Returns: <Object>

Given a 1-indexed lineNumber and columnNumber from a call site in the generated source, find the corresponding call site location in the original source.

If the lineNumber and columnNumber provided are not found in any source map, then an empty object is returned. Otherwise, the returned object contains the following keys:

• name: <string> | <undefined> The name of the range in the source map, if one was provided
• fileName: <string> The file name of the original source, as reported in the SourceMap
• lineNumber: <number> The 1-indexed lineNumber of the corresponding call site in the original source
• columnNumber: <number> The 1-indexed columnNumber of the corresponding call site in the original source