theres-waldo

Find the directory and file name of the file from which it is called in es6 modules.

Installation

npm install theres-waldo

Usage

import theresWaldo from "theres-waldo";
const { file, dir } = theresWaldo(import.meta.url); // Note: pass in `import.meta.url`
console.log(`Current file: ${file}`);
console.log(`Current directory: ${dir}`);

API

The package exports the following function:

theresWaldo(importMetaUrl)

• importMetaUrl: The import.meta.url of the current module.

• Returns an object with properties:

  • file -- current filename
  • dir -- directory properties.

[!WARNING] Function must always be called with import.meta.url as its only argument.

Old Behavior

Looking to polyfill commonJS behavior? Use the following snippet:

import theresWaldo from "theres-waldo";
const { file: __filename, dir: __dirname } = theresWaldo(import.meta.url);

License

MIT