Example using node modules with njs

[cliffxuan]

Thanks for all these nice examples.

Can you please also create an example for using 3rd party node modules? Or is it still supported after the removal of the js_include directive?

I've been following this guide, however, it doesn't seem to work.
https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/node_modules.html

Is the guide for using the js_include directive only? With js_include an export default {...} statement isn't needed at the end of the bundled js file. However, js_import requires this export default {...} statement, which undoes the effort by the load.js in the global namespace.

[lcrilly]

You can use js_import with node modules but you are correct about the requirement for an export statement. However, the export can be for an empty function. You can simply add 2 lines to your .js file

export default {foo}
function foo(){}

That should work. I have a more compete example at https://github.com/lcrilly/nginx-xml-json#using-npm

[cliffxuan]

@lcrilly Thanks very much for the reply with the solution as well as the reference to the complete example. I can see it working and will give it a try.