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# Requizzle
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/hegemonic/requizzle.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/hegemonic/requizzle)
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Swizzle a little something into your Node.js modules.
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## What's Requizzle?
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Requizzle provides a drop-in replacement for Node.js's `require()` function.
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This replacement enables you to change a module's source code when Node.js loads
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the module.
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You can use Requizzle in your test cases, or in production code if you like to
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live dangerously.
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## How can I change a module with Requizzle?
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There are several different ways:
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### Look for modules in new places
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With Requizzle, you can add directories to the module lookup path, which forces
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Node.js to search those directories for modules. This can be useful if:
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+ You're tired of writing code like `require('../../../../../lib/foo')`.
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+ You want to expose your app's modules to external plugins.
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### Add code before or after the module's source code
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Tamper with modules to your heart's delight by adding arbitrary code before or
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after the module's own source code.
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### Mess with child modules
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When you use Requizzle to require a module, you can force each child module's
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`require` method to inherit your changes to the parent module. (By default, only
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the parent module is changed.)
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## Will Requizzle break my dependencies?
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Probably not. It's true that Requizzle gives you plenty of new and exciting ways
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to tamper with, and possibly break, your module dependencies. But Requizzle also
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tries not to break anything on its own. In particular:
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+ **Requizzle preserves strict-mode declarations**. If a module starts with a
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strict-mode declaration, Requizzle keeps it in place. Your changes will appear
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after the strict-mode declaration.
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+ **Requizzle leaves native modules alone**. If you use Requizzle to load one of
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Node.js's built-in modules, such as `fs` or `path`, Requizzle won't mess with
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it.
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## Usage
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The Requizzle module exports a single function, which returns a drop-in
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replacement for `require()`.
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When you call the function, you must pass in an `options` object, which can
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include any of these properties:
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+ `extras`: A pair of functions that return text to insert before or after the
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module's source code. Each function accepts two parameters: `targetPath`, the
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path to the required module, and `parentModule`, the `Module` object for the
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module's parent. Each function must return a string.
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+ `extras.before`: A function that returns text to insert before the
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module's source code.
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+ `extras.after`: A function that returns text to insert after the module's
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source code.
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+ `infect`: Determines whether child modules are infected with the same changes
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as the parent module. Set to `true` to force child modules to inherit your
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changes. Defaults to `false`.
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+ `requirePaths`: Additional paths to search for required modules. For example,
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if `requirePaths` is set to `['/usr/lib/junk/modules']`, and you save a
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JavaScript module at `/usr/lib/junk/modules/mymodule.js`, you can require the
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module as `mymodule`.
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You can provide an array of paths, which will be searched before the default
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module paths, or an object with the following properties:
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+ `requirePaths.before`: An array of paths to search before the default
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module paths.
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+ `requirePaths.after`: An array of paths to search after the default module
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paths. Use this property if you want the module to use its own local
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dependencies when possible, then fall back to the additional paths if
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necessary.
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By default, the require path is not changed.
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## Examples
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```js
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const requizzle = require('requizzle');
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// Say hello and goodbye to each module.
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const logRequire = requizzle({
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extras: {
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before: function(targetPath, parentModule) {
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return 'console.log("Hello %s!", ' + targetPath + ');\n';
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},
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after: function(targetPath, parentModule) {
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return 'console.log("Goodbye %s!", ' + targetPath + ');\n';
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}
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}
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});
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// Prints "Hello /path/to/mymodule.js!" and "Goodbye /path/to/mymodule.js!"
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const myModule = logRequire('mymodule');
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// Look for modules in the current module's `lib` directory, and force child
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// modules to do the same.
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const path = require('path');
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const extraPathRequire = requizzle({
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infect: true,
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requirePaths: [path.join(__dirname, 'lib')]
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});
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// If `foo` needs to require a module in `./lib`, it can use `require('bar')`
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// instead of `require('./lib/bar')`.
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const foo = extraPathRequire('./foo');
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```
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## Troubleshooting
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Here are some problems you might run into when you use Requizzle, along with
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solutions to each problem. If you run into any problems that aren't addressed
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here, please file a new issue!
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### Requizzle slowed down my code! A lot!
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Requizzle adds minimal overhead to the module-loading process. However, your
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code will run _much_ slower than usual if you do both of the following:
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+ Use Requizzle's `infect` option.
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+ Require modules that have a lot of `require()` calls within the scope of
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individual functions.
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If Requizzle seems to slow down your app, look for module calls that are within
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function scope, then move them to each module's top-level scope.
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### Requizzle made my module do something weird!
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Do you have any
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[circular dependencies](https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_cycles) in
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the modules that aren't working? Circular dependencies can cause unusual
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behavior with Requizzle, just as they can without Requizzle. Try breaking the
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circular dependency.
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### Requizzle violates the [Law of Demeter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Demeter)! It's an unnatural abomination!
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Fair enough.
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## Changelog
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+ 0.2.3 (July 2019): Updated dependencies.
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+ 0.2.2 (May 2019): Fixed a compability issue with Node.js 12.
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+ 0.2.1 (December 2014): The `requirePaths` option no longer inserts an extra
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line break into the source file.
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+ 0.2.0 (June 2014): The `requirePaths` option can now contain `before` and
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`after` properties. Paths in the `before` property will be searched first; paths
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in the `after` property will be searched last.
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+ 0.1.1 (June 2014): If the `requirePaths` option is used, the module loader now
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searches the extra paths first rather than last.
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+ 0.1.0 (June 2014): Initial release.
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## Acknowledgements ##
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Requizzle is very loosely adapted from Johannes Ewald's
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[rewire](https://github.com/jhnns/rewire) module, which is designed to modify a
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module's behavior for unit testing. If Requizzle doesn't meet your needs, please
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take a look at rewire!
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## License
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[MIT license](LICENSE).
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