how to access parent module data in child file in node.js

Question

my file are like avilabele this sturucture.

sample.js is root file and test.js is avilable in xx folder.

sample.js

    var name={
   h:14
}
module.exports=name;

test.js

var name=require('./sample.js')
console.log(name.h);

when a run test.js code using command prompt :

node test.js

it gives error like :

Cannot find module './sample.js'

Answer 1

var name=require('../sample.js')
console.log(name.h);

You are requiring module from the parent directory with ".."

Answer 2

When you require a file with a relative path, it is relative to the file doing the require (see here ). In test.js , require('./sample.js') will look for /path/to/xx/sample.js . Use require('../sample.js') since it is in the parent folder of test.js .