Load json file from package.js?

captainn · 2019-08-12T03:14:14.017Z

Is it possible to load a json file (say package.json) from package.js? For build plugins, the npm requirements have to be hard coded - which is annoying. If there was some way to load content from the package.json file, we could just defer to whatever is in there.

coagmano · 2019-08-12T03:29:32.566Z

I’m pretty sure I’ve loaded fs and run readFileSync inside a package.js before. So I think it’s possible, just need to work out the correct path when it’s being read

copleykj · 2019-08-12T03:52:16.473Z

You should be able to just use require.

const vars = require('./package.json');

coagmano · 2019-08-12T10:28:04.916Z

copleykj:

You should be able to just use require.

That sounds much simpler and more obvious than fs.readFileSync

captainn · 2019-08-12T15:42:03.960Z

require was undefined in package.js. I would need to find the path anyway. I ended up putting the necessary code elsewhere (using findUp) and it worked well!