Is it possible to 'require' a object in Node.js that can access the importing files global scope?

Question

I've done a fair bit of searching around to see if this is possible. So far, from what I understand, it isn't.

In my main.js file, I have this code:

var commands = require('./commands.js');

It imports an object from commands.js , that is set out in the following manner:

module.exports = {
   var1: "something" + somevar,
   var2: "something" + someothervar,
   ...
}

This allows me to access the object commands from within the main.js file as though it was just declaed within main.js itself. However, I run into a problem when I want the exporting commands.js file to be able to access main.js 's global variable scope. Say that somevar and someothervar are part of main.js 's global scope, when I want to get a value from commands I don't want them to be 'undefined'.

Long story short, I want to treat this imported object exactly as though it was just declared in main.js .

I'm trying to code a chatbot for Discord, and for the sake of tidyness and organization, I wanted to have the list of functions it can use separate from the code that processes them. Is this worth the effort? Is there a better way to do this? I'm also juggling around SQL at the moment, trying to design the most modular/customizable program possible.

Answer 1

This is not possible , when you export a module all the variables would have been resolved .

You will always get the object with all the expressions evaluated when you import

I would suggest make var1 and var2 as functions

module.exports = {
   var1: function(someVar){ return "something" + someVar},
   var2: function(someothervar) {return "something" + someothervar},
   ...
}

Now when you import it in main.js ,pass your somevar and someothervar