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parent-module
Get the path of the parent module
Node.js exposes module.parent
, but it only gives you the first cached parent, which is not necessarily the actual parent.
Install
npm install parent-module
Usage
// bar.js
import parentModule from 'parent-module';
export default function bar() {
console.log(parentModule());
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
};
// foo.js
import bar from './bar.js';
bar();
API
parentModule(filePath?)
By default, it will return the path of the immediate parent.
filePath
Type: string
Default: __filename
The file path of the module of which to get the parent path.
Useful if you want it to work multiple module levels down.
Tip
Combine it with read-package-up
to read the package.json of the parent module.
import path from 'node:path';
import {readPackageUpSync} from 'read-package-up';
import parentModule from 'parent-module';
console.log(readPackageUpSync({cwd: path.dirname(parentModule())}).pkg);
//=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}