Debugging how node searches for modules to load (require)
Say you've got a piece of JavaScript that says:
var SchemaAssembler = require("my-module/myComponent").SchemaAssembler;
And this fails to load, node
giving a mediocre:
{ Error: Cannot find module my-module/myComponent }
You can investigate this by setting the environment variable NODE_DEBUG
:
export NODE_DEBUG=module
# node ....main.js ....
[..]
MODULE 14489: Module._load REQUEST my-module/myComponent parent:
/opt/escenic/waiter/recipe/recipe.js
MODULE 14489: looking for "my-module/myComponent" in
["/opt/escenic/waiter/recipe/node_modules",
"/opt/escenic/waiter/node_modules",
"/opt/escenic/node_modules",
"/opt/node_modules",
"/node_modules",
"/root/.node_modules",
"/root/.node_libraries",
"/usr/lib/node"]