exemethod

require('exemethod')(); // => npm | script | globalcli | localcli | required | browserify | browser

It will tell your code how it was executed.

Usage

// [myscript.js]
function customlogger (msg, method) { return method; }
 
var exemethod = require('exemethod');
 
var method = exemethod(customlogger);
 
console.log(method);

will result in:

• npm run myscript => npm
  • (assumes myscript.js is executed in a [package.json].script)
• ./myscript.js => script
  • (assumes chmod +x myscript.js)
• npm install myscript -g + myscript => globalcli
  • (assumes [package.json].bin field)
• node usemyscript.js => required
  • (assumes something like require('./myscript.js') in "usemyscript.js")
• node ./myscript.js => localcli
• browserify myscript.js > b.js => browserify
• <script src='b.js'></script> => browser
  • (assumes you load "b.js" in an html page (e.g. via script tag))