Browserify: How do I apply “--exclude, -u” using package.json?

Question

I need to use --exclude, -u within package.json rather then as a command line option, but how?

From: browserify test.js -u request > test.browserify.js
To: browserify test.js > test.browserify.js

Potential solutions:

1. --exclude has a package.json option similiar to --ignore: "browser": { "request": false }
2. --exclude can be enabled, or its functionality copied, using "transform" somehow "browserify": {"transform": ...}
3. ...

Answer 1

Found a solution:

Add the following to package.json: "browser": { "request": "./request.js" }

Create ./request.js and put the following in it:

var req = "request";
module.exports = require(req);

And you have to put the "request" string in a separate variable, if you don't the require will just return an empty object stub {} .

The downside of this is that I have to define such a file for every module I want to require, ideally I'd have a single file that can detect what to require.

Edit

Haven't tested this yet but I could probably dynamically require these modules without an external file var req = "request"; var request = require(req); var req = "request"; var request = require(req);