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1.5 KiB
clear-module
Clear a module from the cache
Useful for testing purposes when you need to freshly import a module.
Install
$ npm install clear-module
Usage
// foo.js
let i = 0;
module.exports = () => ++i;
const clearModule = require('clear-module');
require('./foo')();
//=> 1
require('./foo')();
//=> 2
clearModule('./foo');
require('./foo')();
//=> 1
API
clearModule(moduleId)
moduleId
Type: string
What you would use with require().
clearModule.all()
Clear all modules from the cache.
clearModule.match(regex)
Clear all matching modules from the cache.
regex
Type: RegExp
Regex to match against the module IDs.
clearModule.single(moduleId)
Clear a single module from the cache non-recursively. No parent or children modules will be affected.
This is mostly only useful if you use singletons, where you would want to clear a specific module without causing any side effects.
moduleId
Type: string
What you would use with require().
Related
- import-fresh - Import a module while bypassing the cache
- import-from - Import a module from a given path
- import-cwd - Import a module from the current working directory
- import-lazy - Import a module lazily