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MikeASchneider
MikeASchneider

Reputation: 105

Can't import custom module with require() in Firefox Add-on SDK

Here's a simplified code example for what I'm doing.

foo.js (in lib directory):

exports.foo = function foo() {
    this.bar = function() {
        console.log("foobar!");
    };
};

main.js:

var foo = require("foo");
exports.main = function(options, callbacks) {
    foo.bar();
}

cmd:

>cfx run
[...]
error: An exception occurred.
[...]
TypeError: foo.bar is not a function

So basically, I can't seem to do anything with the module I've imported. Am I doing something wrong here? I've tried formatting the foo() function in a few different ways and none of them seem to be able to do anything.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1828

Answers (2)

Wladimir Palant
Wladimir Palant

Reputation: 57651

The result of the require() function is essentially the exports variable of the module - and you didn't define exports.bar. So either you call foo.foo.bar() in your main.js or you import the module slightly differently:

var {foo} = require("foo");

This is the same as:

var foo = require("foo").foo;

Also, as erikvold notes in his answer, you didn't really define exports.foo.bar.

Upvotes: 5

erikvold
erikvold

Reputation: 16508

Try:

var foo = exports.foo = function foo() {
};

foo.bar = function() {
    console.log("foobar!");
};

Your example wouldn't work in any context.

Upvotes: 2

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