https://github.com/codejie/require-reloader
reload modules required without restart the NodeJS program.
https://github.com/codejie/require-reloader
hot-reload nodejs require
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reload modules required without restart the NodeJS program.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/codejie/require-reloader
- Owner: codejie
- Created: 2017-10-05T03:43:52.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-10-05T14:33:45.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-09T15:06:07.431Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: hot-reload, nodejs, require
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 8.79 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# require-reloader
reload required modules without restart the NodeJS program.
require-reloader does `not` watch file changes of Node project, actually it is used by calling reload() in code to reload the required modules.
require-reloader is a `simple` and `non-dependecies` module to reload required modules in runtime way.
## Install
```
npm install --save require-reloader
```
## Usage
```
const Wrapper = require('require-reloader');
Wrapper.load(moduleName, moduleFile)
moduleName: module name will be used;
moduleFile: module file to the module, mostly need absolute path of module;
Wrapper.reload(moduleName)
moduleName: module name will be used;
Wrapper.moduleName
access the module by moduleName;
```
## Examples
```js
'use strict'
// init module MyModule
const Wrapper = require('require-reloader').load('MyModule', path.join(__dirname, './my-module.js'));
console.log('aTag = ', Wrapper.MyModule.aTag);
// after my-module.js is re-written
Wrapper.reload('MyModule');
console.log('aTag = ', Wrapper.MyModule.aTag);
```
Or
```js
const Loader = require('require-reloader');
Loader.load('moduleA', path.join(__dirname, './module-a.js'));
Loader.load('moduleB', path.join(__dirname, './module-b.js'));
Loader.reload('moduleB');
```
## Test
```
> ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha test/test.js
```
Or
```
> npm test
```
## License
No License