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asaini007
asaini007

Reputation: 836

Paths property of module object?

When I print any module's module object to the console, I get output such as the following:

{ id: '.',
  exports: {},
  parent: null,
  filename: '/Users/myname/audiooutput/bin/audiomodule.js',
  loaded: false,
  children: [...], // array of module objects, omitted for brevity
  paths: // what is this?
   [ '/Users/myname/audiooutput/bin/node_modules',
     '/Users/myname/audiooutput/node_modules',
     '/Users/myname/node_modules',
     '/Users/node_modules',
     '/node_modules' ] }

Here I see the usual module properties listed in the Node.js Documentation: id, exports, parent, filename, loaded, and children.

However, there is a final property, paths, an array. The elements of the array don't refer to actual directories. They seem meaningless. So, my question is: what is the purpose/use of the paths property of module objects, and why isn't it listed int the Node.js Documentation? Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 34

Answers (1)

bredikhin
bredikhin

Reputation: 9025

It's the paths where require will look for the modules you require from this file:

http://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_node_modules_folders.

Upvotes: 2

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