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139<li><a href="#esm_modules_ecmascript_modules">Modules: ECMAScript modules</a>
140<ul>
141<li><a href="#esm_introduction">Introduction</a></li>
142<li><a href="#esm_enabling">Enabling</a></li>
143<li><a href="#esm_packages">Packages</a></li>
144<li><a href="#esm_import_specifiers"><code>import</code> Specifiers</a>
145<ul>
146<li><a href="#esm_terminology">Terminology</a></li>
147<li><a href="#esm_mandatory_file_extensions">Mandatory file extensions</a></li>
148<li><a href="#esm_urls">URLs</a>
149<ul>
150<li><a href="#esm_file_urls"><code>file:</code> URLs</a></li>
151<li><a href="#esm_data_imports"><code>data:</code> Imports</a></li>
152<li><a href="#esm_node_imports"><code>node:</code> Imports</a></li>
153</ul>
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155</ul>
156</li>
157<li><a href="#esm_builtin_modules">Builtin modules</a></li>
158<li><a href="#esm_import_expressions"><code>import()</code> expressions</a></li>
159<li><a href="#esm_import_meta"><code>import.meta</code></a>
160<ul>
161<li><a href="#esm_import_meta_url"><code>import.meta.url</code></a></li>
162<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#esm_import_meta_resolve_specifier_parent"><code>import.meta.resolve(specifier[, parent])</code></a></span></li>
163</ul>
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165<li><a href="#esm_interoperability_with_commonjs">Interoperability with CommonJS</a>
166<ul>
167<li><a href="#esm_import_statements"><code>import</code> statements</a></li>
168<li><a href="#esm_require"><code>require</code></a></li>
169<li><a href="#esm_commonjs_namespaces">CommonJS Namespaces</a></li>
170<li><a href="#esm_differences_between_es_modules_and_commonjs">Differences between ES modules and CommonJS</a>
171<ul>
172<li><a href="#esm_no_require_exports_or_module_exports">No <code>require</code>, <code>exports</code> or <code>module.exports</code></a></li>
173<li><a href="#esm_no_filename_or_dirname">No <code>__filename</code> or <code>__dirname</code></a></li>
174<li><a href="#esm_no_json_module_loading">No JSON Module Loading</a></li>
175<li><a href="#esm_no_native_module_loading">No Native Module Loading</a></li>
176<li><a href="#esm_no_require_resolve">No <code>require.resolve</code></a></li>
177<li><a href="#esm_no_node_path">No <code>NODE_PATH</code></a></li>
178<li><a href="#esm_no_require_extensions">No <code>require.extensions</code></a></li>
179<li><a href="#esm_no_require_cache">No <code>require.cache</code></a></li>
180</ul>
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184<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#esm_json_modules">JSON modules</a></span></li>
185<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#esm_wasm_modules">Wasm modules</a></span></li>
186<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#esm_top_level_await">Top-level <code>await</code></a></span></li>
187<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#esm_loaders">Loaders</a></span>
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191<li><a href="#esm_resolve_specifier_context_defaultresolve"><code>resolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve)</code></a></li>
192<li><a href="#esm_getformat_url_context_defaultgetformat"><code>getFormat(url, context, defaultGetFormat)</code></a></li>
193<li><a href="#esm_getsource_url_context_defaultgetsource"><code>getSource(url, context, defaultGetSource)</code></a></li>
194<li><a href="#esm_transformsource_source_context_defaulttransformsource"><code>transformSource(source, context, defaultTransformSource)</code></a></li>
195<li><a href="#esm_getglobalpreloadcode"><code>getGlobalPreloadCode()</code></a></li>
196</ul>
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209<li><a href="#esm_resolver_algorithm">Resolver algorithm</a></li>
210<li><a href="#esm_resolver_algorithm_specification">Resolver Algorithm Specification</a></li>
211<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#esm_customizing_esm_specifier_resolution_algorithm">Customizing ESM specifier resolution algorithm</a></span></li>
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218      <div id="apicontent">
219        <h2>Modules: ECMAScript modules<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_modules_ecmascript_modules" id="esm_modules_ecmascript_modules">#</a></span></h2>
220
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222<div class="api_metadata">
223<details class="changelog"><summary>History</summary>
224<table>
225<tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Changes</th></tr>
226<tr><td>v14.17.0</td>
227<td><p>Stabilize modules implementation.</p></td></tr>
228<tr><td>v14.13.0</td>
229<td><p>Support for detection of CommonJS named exports.</p></td></tr>
230<tr><td>v14.8.0</td>
231<td><p>Unflag Top-Level Await.</p></td></tr>
232<tr><td>v14.0.0, v13.14.0</td>
233<td><p>Remove experimental modules warning.</p></td></tr>
234<tr><td>v13.2.0, v12.17.0</td>
235<td><p>Loading ECMAScript modules no longer requires a command-line flag.</p></td></tr>
236<tr><td>v12.0.0</td>
237<td><p>Add support for ES modules using <code>.js</code> file extension via <code>package.json</code> <code>"type"</code> field.</p></td></tr>
238<tr><td>v8.5.0</td>
239<td><p><span>Added in: v8.5.0</span></p></td></tr>
240</tbody></table>
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243<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_2"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 2</a> - Stable</div><p></p>
244<section><h3>Introduction<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_introduction" id="esm_introduction">#</a></span></h3>
245
246<p>ECMAScript modules are <a href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-modules">the official standard format</a> to package JavaScript
247code for reuse. Modules are defined using a variety of <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import"><code>import</code></a> and
248<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/export"><code>export</code></a> statements.</p>
249<p>The following example of an ES module exports a function:</p>
250<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">// addTwo.mjs</span>
251<span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">addTwo</span>(<span class="hljs-params">num</span>) {
252  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> num + <span class="hljs-number">2</span>;
253}
254
255<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> { addTwo };</code></pre>
256<p>The following example of an ES module imports the function from <code>addTwo.mjs</code>:</p>
257<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">// app.mjs</span>
258<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { addTwo } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./addTwo.mjs'</span>;
259
260<span class="hljs-comment">// Prints: 6</span>
261<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-title function_">addTwo</span>(<span class="hljs-number">4</span>));</code></pre>
262<p>Node.js fully supports ECMAScript modules as they are currently specified and
263provides interoperability between them and its original module format,
264<a href="modules.html">CommonJS</a>.</p>
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267<i id="esm_package_scope_and_file_extensions"></i>
268<i id="esm_input_type_flag"></i></p>
269</section><section><h3>Enabling<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_enabling" id="esm_enabling">#</a></span></h3>
270
271<p>Node.js treats JavaScript code as CommonJS modules by default.
272Authors can tell Node.js to treat JavaScript code as ECMAScript modules
273via the <code>.mjs</code> file extension, the <code>package.json</code> <a href="packages.html#packages_type"><code>"type"</code></a> field, or the
274<code>--input-type</code> flag. See
275<a href="packages.html#packages_determining_module_system">Modules: Packages</a> for more
276details.</p>
277<!-- Anchors to make sure old links find a target -->
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279<i id="esm_main_entry_point_export"></i>
280<i id="esm_subpath_exports"></i>
281<i id="esm_package_exports_fallbacks"></i>
282<i id="esm_exports_sugar"></i>
283<i id="esm_conditional_exports"></i>
284<i id="esm_nested_conditions"></i>
285<i id="esm_self_referencing_a_package_using_its_name"></i>
286<i id="esm_internal_package_imports"></i>
287<i id="esm_dual_commonjs_es_module_packages"></i>
288<i id="esm_dual_package_hazard"></i>
289<i id="esm_writing_dual_packages_while_avoiding_or_minimizing_hazards"></i>
290<i id="esm_approach_1_use_an_es_module_wrapper"></i>
291<i id="esm_approach_2_isolate_state"></i></p>
292</section><section><h3>Packages<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_packages" id="esm_packages">#</a></span></h3>
293<p>This section was moved to <a href="packages.html">Modules: Packages</a>.</p>
294</section><section><h3><code>import</code> Specifiers<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_import_specifiers" id="esm_import_specifiers">#</a></span></h3>
295<h4>Terminology<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_terminology" id="esm_terminology">#</a></span></h4>
296<p>The <em>specifier</em> of an <code>import</code> statement is the string after the <code>from</code> keyword,
297e.g. <code>'path'</code> in <code>import { sep } from 'path'</code>. Specifiers are also used in
298<code>export from</code> statements, and as the argument to an <code>import()</code> expression.</p>
299<p>There are three types of specifiers:</p>
300<ul>
301<li>
302<p><em>Relative specifiers</em> like <code>'./startup.js'</code> or <code>'../config.mjs'</code>. They refer
303to a path relative to the location of the importing file. <em>The file extension
304is always necessary for these.</em></p>
305</li>
306<li>
307<p><em>Bare specifiers</em> like <code>'some-package'</code> or <code>'some-package/shuffle'</code>. They can
308refer to the main entry point of a package by the package name, or a
309specific feature module within a package prefixed by the package name as per
310the examples respectively. <em>Including the file extension is only necessary
311for packages without an <a href="packages.html#packages_exports"><code>"exports"</code></a> field.</em></p>
312</li>
313<li>
314<p><em>Absolute specifiers</em> like <code>'file:///opt/nodejs/config.js'</code>. They refer
315directly and explicitly to a full path.</p>
316</li>
317</ul>
318<p>Bare specifier resolutions are handled by the <a href="#esm_resolver_algorithm_specification">Node.js module resolution
319algorithm</a>. All other specifier resolutions are always only resolved with
320the standard relative <a href="https://url.spec.whatwg.org/">URL</a> resolution semantics.</p>
321<p>Like in CommonJS, module files within packages can be accessed by appending a
322path to the package name unless the package’s <a href="packages.html#packages_node_js_package_json_field_definitions"><code>package.json</code></a> contains an
323<a href="packages.html#packages_exports"><code>"exports"</code></a> field, in which case files within packages can only be accessed
324via the paths defined in <a href="packages.html#packages_exports"><code>"exports"</code></a>.</p>
325<p>For details on these package resolution rules that apply to bare specifiers in
326the Node.js module resolution, see the <a href="packages.html">packages documentation</a>.</p>
327<h4>Mandatory file extensions<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_mandatory_file_extensions" id="esm_mandatory_file_extensions">#</a></span></h4>
328<p>A file extension must be provided when using the <code>import</code> keyword to resolve
329relative or absolute specifiers. Directory indexes (e.g. <code>'./startup/index.js'</code>)
330must also be fully specified.</p>
331<p>This behavior matches how <code>import</code> behaves in browser environments, assuming a
332typically configured server.</p>
333<h4>URLs<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_urls" id="esm_urls">#</a></span></h4>
334<p>ES modules are resolved and cached as URLs. This means that files containing
335special characters such as <code>#</code> and <code>?</code> need to be escaped.</p>
336<p><code>file:</code>, <code>node:</code>, and <code>data:</code> URL schemes are supported. A specifier like
337<code>'https://example.com/app.js'</code> is not supported natively in Node.js unless using
338a <a href="#esm_https_loader">custom HTTPS loader</a>.</p>
339<h5><code>file:</code> URLs<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_file_urls" id="esm_file_urls">#</a></span></h5>
340<p>Modules are loaded multiple times if the <code>import</code> specifier used to resolve
341them has a different query or fragment.</p>
342<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./foo.mjs?query=1'</span>; <span class="hljs-comment">// loads ./foo.mjs with query of "?query=1"</span>
343<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./foo.mjs?query=2'</span>; <span class="hljs-comment">// loads ./foo.mjs with query of "?query=2"</span></code></pre>
344<p>The volume root may be referenced via <code>/</code>, <code>//</code> or <code>file:///</code>. Given the
345differences between <a href="https://url.spec.whatwg.org/">URL</a> and path resolution (such as percent encoding
346details), it is recommended to use <a href="url.html#url_url_pathtofileurl_path">url.pathToFileURL</a> when importing a path.</p>
347<h5><code>data:</code> Imports<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_data_imports" id="esm_data_imports">#</a></span></h5>
348<div class="api_metadata">
349<span>Added in: v12.10.0</span>
350</div>
351<p><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs"><code>data:</code> URLs</a> are supported for importing with the following MIME types:</p>
352<ul>
353<li><code>text/javascript</code> for ES Modules</li>
354<li><code>application/json</code> for JSON (requires <a href="cli.html#cli_experimental_json_modules"><code>--experimental-json-modules</code></a> flag)</li>
355<li><code>application/wasm</code> for Wasm (requires <a href="cli.html#cli_experimental_wasm_modules"><code>--experimental-wasm-modules</code></a> flag)</li>
356</ul>
357<p><code>data:</code> URLs only resolve <a href="#esm_terminology"><em>Bare specifiers</em></a> for builtin modules
358and <a href="#esm_terminology"><em>Absolute specifiers</em></a>. Resolving
359<a href="#esm_terminology"><em>Relative specifiers</em></a> does not work because <code>data:</code> is not a
360<a href="https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#special-scheme">special scheme</a>. For example, attempting to load <code>./foo</code>
361from <code>data:text/javascript,import "./foo";</code> fails to resolve because there
362is no concept of relative resolution for <code>data:</code> URLs. An example of a <code>data:</code>
363URLs being used is:</p>
364<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> <span class="hljs-string">'data:text/javascript,console.log("hello!");'</span>;
365<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> _ <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'data:application/json,"world!"'</span>;</code></pre>
366<h5><code>node:</code> Imports<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_node_imports" id="esm_node_imports">#</a></span></h5>
367<div class="api_metadata">
368<details class="changelog"><summary>History</summary>
369<table>
370<tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Changes</th></tr>
371<tr><td>v14.18.0</td>
372<td><p>Added <code>node:</code> import support to <code>require(...)</code>.</p></td></tr>
373<tr><td>v14.13.1, v12.20.0</td>
374<td><p><span>Added in: v14.13.1, v12.20.0</span></p></td></tr>
375</tbody></table>
376</details>
377</div>
378<p><code>node:</code> URLs are supported as an alternative means to load Node.js builtin
379modules. This URL scheme allows for builtin modules to be referenced by valid
380absolute URL strings.</p>
381<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> fs <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'node:fs/promises'</span>;</code></pre>
382</section><section><h3>Builtin modules<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_builtin_modules" id="esm_builtin_modules">#</a></span></h3>
383<p><a href="modules.html#modules_core_modules">Core modules</a> provide named exports of their public API. A
384default export is also provided which is the value of the CommonJS exports.
385The default export can be used for, among other things, modifying the named
386exports. Named exports of builtin modules are updated only by calling
387<a href="module.html#module_module_syncbuiltinesmexports"><code>module.syncBuiltinESMExports()</code></a>.</p>
388<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">EventEmitter</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'events'</span>;
389<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> e = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">EventEmitter</span>();</code></pre>
390<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { readFile } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'fs'</span>;
391<span class="hljs-title function_">readFile</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'./foo.txt'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">err, source</span>) =></span> {
392  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (err) {
393    <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">error</span>(err);
394  } <span class="hljs-keyword">else</span> {
395    <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(source);
396  }
397});</code></pre>
398<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> fs, { readFileSync } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'fs'</span>;
399<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { syncBuiltinESMExports } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'module'</span>;
400
401fs.<span class="hljs-property">readFileSync</span> = <span class="hljs-function">() =></span> <span class="hljs-title class_">Buffer</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">from</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Hello, ESM'</span>);
402<span class="hljs-title function_">syncBuiltinESMExports</span>();
403
404fs.<span class="hljs-property">readFileSync</span> === readFileSync;</code></pre>
405</section><section><h3><code>import()</code> expressions<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_import_expressions" id="esm_import_expressions">#</a></span></h3>
406<p><a href="https://wiki.developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import#Dynamic_Imports">Dynamic <code>import()</code></a> is supported in both CommonJS and ES modules. In CommonJS
407modules it can be used to load ES modules.</p>
408</section><section><h3><code>import.meta</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_import_meta" id="esm_import_meta">#</a></span></h3>
409<ul>
410<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
411</ul>
412<p>The <code>import.meta</code> meta property is an <code>Object</code> that contains the following
413properties.</p>
414<h4><code>import.meta.url</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_import_meta_url" id="esm_import_meta_url">#</a></span></h4>
415<ul>
416<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The absolute <code>file:</code> URL of the module.</li>
417</ul>
418<p>This is defined exactly the same as it is in browsers providing the URL of the
419current module file.</p>
420<p>This enables useful patterns such as relative file loading:</p>
421<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { readFileSync } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'fs'</span>;
422<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> buffer = <span class="hljs-title function_">readFileSync</span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">URL</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'./data.proto'</span>, <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>.<span class="hljs-property">meta</span>.<span class="hljs-property">url</span>));</code></pre>
423<h4><code>import.meta.resolve(specifier[, parent])</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_import_meta_resolve_specifier_parent" id="esm_import_meta_resolve_specifier_parent">#</a></span></h4>
424<!--
425added:
426  - v13.9.0
427  - v12.16.2
428changes:
429  - version: v14.18.0
430    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38587
431    description: Add support for WHATWG `URL` object to `parentURL` parameter.
432-->
433<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
434<p>This feature is only available with the <code>--experimental-import-meta-resolve</code>
435command flag enabled.</p>
436<ul>
437<li><code>specifier</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The module specifier to resolve relative to <code>parent</code>.</li>
438<li><code>parent</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The absolute parent module URL to resolve from. If none
439is specified, the value of <code>import.meta.url</code> is used as the default.</li>
440<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise" class="type">&#x3C;Promise></a></li>
441</ul>
442<p>Provides a module-relative resolution function scoped to each module, returning
443the URL string.</p>
444<!-- eslint-skip -->
445<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> dependencyAsset = <span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>.<span class="hljs-property">meta</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'component-lib/asset.css'</span>);</code></pre>
446<p><code>import.meta.resolve</code> also accepts a second argument which is the parent module
447from which to resolve from:</p>
448<!-- eslint-skip -->
449<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>.<span class="hljs-property">meta</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'./dep'</span>, <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>.<span class="hljs-property">meta</span>.<span class="hljs-property">url</span>);</code></pre>
450<p>This function is asynchronous because the ES module resolver in Node.js is
451allowed to be asynchronous.</p>
452</section><section><h3>Interoperability with CommonJS<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_interoperability_with_commonjs" id="esm_interoperability_with_commonjs">#</a></span></h3>
453<h4><code>import</code> statements<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_import_statements" id="esm_import_statements">#</a></span></h4>
454<p>An <code>import</code> statement can reference an ES module or a CommonJS module.
455<code>import</code> statements are permitted only in ES modules, but dynamic <a href="#esm_import_expressions"><code>import()</code></a>
456expressions are supported in CommonJS for loading ES modules.</p>
457<p>When importing <a href="#esm_commonjs_namespaces">CommonJS modules</a>, the
458<code>module.exports</code> object is provided as the default export. Named exports may be
459available, provided by static analysis as a convenience for better ecosystem
460compatibility.</p>
461<h4><code>require</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_require" id="esm_require">#</a></span></h4>
462<p>The CommonJS module <code>require</code> always treats the files it references as CommonJS.</p>
463<p>Using <code>require</code> to load an ES module is not supported because ES modules have
464asynchronous execution. Instead, use <a href="#esm_import_expressions"><code>import()</code></a> to load an ES module
465from a CommonJS module.</p>
466<h4>CommonJS Namespaces<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_commonjs_namespaces" id="esm_commonjs_namespaces">#</a></span></h4>
467<p>CommonJS modules consist of a <code>module.exports</code> object which can be of any type.</p>
468<p>When importing a CommonJS module, it can be reliably imported using the ES
469module default import or its corresponding sugar syntax:</p>
470<!-- eslint-disable no-duplicate-imports -->
471<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { <span class="hljs-keyword">default</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">as</span> cjs } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'cjs'</span>;
472
473<span class="hljs-comment">// The following import statement is "syntax sugar" (equivalent but sweeter)</span>
474<span class="hljs-comment">// for `{ default as cjsSugar }` in the above import statement:</span>
475<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> cjsSugar <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'cjs'</span>;
476
477<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(cjs);
478<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(cjs === cjsSugar);
479<span class="hljs-comment">// Prints:</span>
480<span class="hljs-comment">//   &#x3C;module.exports></span>
481<span class="hljs-comment">//   true</span></code></pre>
482<p>The ECMAScript Module Namespace representation of a CommonJS module is always
483a namespace with a <code>default</code> export key pointing to the CommonJS
484<code>module.exports</code> value.</p>
485<p>This Module Namespace Exotic Object can be directly observed either when using
486<code>import * as m from 'cjs'</code> or a dynamic import:</p>
487<!-- eslint-skip -->
488<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> * <span class="hljs-keyword">as</span> m <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'cjs'</span>;
489<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(m);
490<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(m === <span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">import</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'cjs'</span>));
491<span class="hljs-comment">// Prints:</span>
492<span class="hljs-comment">//   [Module] { default: &#x3C;module.exports> }</span>
493<span class="hljs-comment">//   true</span></code></pre>
494<p>For better compatibility with existing usage in the JS ecosystem, Node.js
495in addition attempts to determine the CommonJS named exports of every imported
496CommonJS module to provide them as separate ES module exports using a static
497analysis process.</p>
498<p>For example, consider a CommonJS module written:</p>
499<pre><code class="language-js cjs"><span class="hljs-comment">// cjs.cjs</span>
500<span class="hljs-built_in">exports</span>.<span class="hljs-property">name</span> = <span class="hljs-string">'exported'</span>;</code></pre>
501<p>The preceding module supports named imports in ES modules:</p>
502<!-- eslint-disable no-duplicate-imports -->
503<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { name } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./cjs.cjs'</span>;
504<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(name);
505<span class="hljs-comment">// Prints: 'exported'</span>
506
507<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> cjs <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./cjs.cjs'</span>;
508<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(cjs);
509<span class="hljs-comment">// Prints: { name: 'exported' }</span>
510
511<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> * <span class="hljs-keyword">as</span> m <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./cjs.cjs'</span>;
512<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(m);
513<span class="hljs-comment">// Prints: [Module] { default: { name: 'exported' }, name: 'exported' }</span></code></pre>
514<p>As can be seen from the last example of the Module Namespace Exotic Object being
515logged, the <code>name</code> export is copied off of the <code>module.exports</code> object and set
516directly on the ES module namespace when the module is imported.</p>
517<p>Live binding updates or new exports added to <code>module.exports</code> are not detected
518for these named exports.</p>
519<p>The detection of named exports is based on common syntax patterns but does not
520always correctly detect named exports. In these cases, using the default
521import form described above can be a better option.</p>
522<p>Named exports detection covers many common export patterns, reexport patterns
523and build tool and transpiler outputs. See <a href="https://github.com/guybedford/cjs-module-lexer/tree/1.2.2">cjs-module-lexer</a> for the exact
524semantics implemented.</p>
525<h4>Differences between ES modules and CommonJS<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_differences_between_es_modules_and_commonjs" id="esm_differences_between_es_modules_and_commonjs">#</a></span></h4>
526<h5>No <code>require</code>, <code>exports</code> or <code>module.exports</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_require_exports_or_module_exports" id="esm_no_require_exports_or_module_exports">#</a></span></h5>
527<p>In most cases, the ES module <code>import</code> can be used to load CommonJS modules.</p>
528<p>If needed, a <code>require</code> function can be constructed within an ES module using
529<a href="module.html#module_module_createrequire_filename"><code>module.createRequire()</code></a>.</p>
530<h5>No <code>__filename</code> or <code>__dirname</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_filename_or_dirname" id="esm_no_filename_or_dirname">#</a></span></h5>
531<p>These CommonJS variables are not available in ES modules.</p>
532<p><code>__filename</code> and <code>__dirname</code> use cases can be replicated via
533<a href="#esm_import_meta_url"><code>import.meta.url</code></a>.</p>
534<h5>No JSON Module Loading<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_json_module_loading" id="esm_no_json_module_loading">#</a></span></h5>
535<p>JSON imports are still experimental and only supported via the
536<code>--experimental-json-modules</code> flag.</p>
537<p>Local JSON files can be loaded relative to <code>import.meta.url</code> with <code>fs</code> directly:</p>
538<!-- eslint-skip -->
539<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { readFile } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'fs/promises'</span>;
540<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> json = <span class="hljs-variable constant_">JSON</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">parse</span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">readFile</span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">URL</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'./dat.json'</span>, <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>.<span class="hljs-property">meta</span>.<span class="hljs-property">url</span>)));</code></pre>
541<p>Alternatively <code>module.createRequire()</code> can be used.</p>
542<h5>No Native Module Loading<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_native_module_loading" id="esm_no_native_module_loading">#</a></span></h5>
543<p>Native modules are not currently supported with ES module imports.</p>
544<p>They can instead be loaded with <a href="module.html#module_module_createrequire_filename"><code>module.createRequire()</code></a> or
545<a href="process.html#process_process_dlopen_module_filename_flags"><code>process.dlopen</code></a>.</p>
546<h5>No <code>require.resolve</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_require_resolve" id="esm_no_require_resolve">#</a></span></h5>
547<p>Relative resolution can be handled via <code>new URL('./local', import.meta.url)</code>.</p>
548<p>For a complete <code>require.resolve</code> replacement, there is a flagged experimental
549<a href="#esm_import_meta_resolve_specifier_parent"><code>import.meta.resolve</code></a> API.</p>
550<p>Alternatively <code>module.createRequire()</code> can be used.</p>
551<h5>No <code>NODE_PATH</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_node_path" id="esm_no_node_path">#</a></span></h5>
552<p><code>NODE_PATH</code> is not part of resolving <code>import</code> specifiers. Please use symlinks
553if this behavior is desired.</p>
554<h5>No <code>require.extensions</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_require_extensions" id="esm_no_require_extensions">#</a></span></h5>
555<p><code>require.extensions</code> is not used by <code>import</code>. The expectation is that loader
556hooks can provide this workflow in the future.</p>
557<h5>No <code>require.cache</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_no_require_cache" id="esm_no_require_cache">#</a></span></h5>
558<p><code>require.cache</code> is not used by <code>import</code> as the ES module loader has its own
559separate cache.</p>
560<p><i id="esm_experimental_json_modules"></i></p>
561</section><section><h3>JSON modules<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_json_modules" id="esm_json_modules">#</a></span></h3>
562<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
563<p>Currently importing JSON modules are only supported in the <code>commonjs</code> mode
564and are loaded using the CJS loader. <a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#creating-a-json-module-script">WHATWG JSON modules specification</a> are
565still being standardized, and are experimentally supported by including the
566additional flag <code>--experimental-json-modules</code> when running Node.js.</p>
567<p>When the <code>--experimental-json-modules</code> flag is included, both the
568<code>commonjs</code> and <code>module</code> mode use the new experimental JSON
569loader. The imported JSON only exposes a <code>default</code>. There is no
570support for named exports. A cache entry is created in the CommonJS
571cache to avoid duplication. The same object is returned in
572CommonJS if the JSON module has already been imported from the
573same path.</p>
574<p>Assuming an <code>index.mjs</code> with</p>
575<!-- eslint-skip -->
576<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> packageConfig <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./package.json'</span>;</code></pre>
577<p>The <code>--experimental-json-modules</code> flag is needed for the module
578to work.</p>
579<pre><code class="language-bash">node index.mjs <span class="hljs-comment"># fails</span>
580node --experimental-json-modules index.mjs <span class="hljs-comment"># works</span></code></pre>
581<p><i id="esm_experimental_wasm_modules"></i></p>
582</section><section><h3>Wasm modules<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_wasm_modules" id="esm_wasm_modules">#</a></span></h3>
583<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
584<p>Importing Web Assembly modules is supported under the
585<code>--experimental-wasm-modules</code> flag, allowing any <code>.wasm</code> files to be
586imported as normal modules while also supporting their module imports.</p>
587<p>This integration is in line with the
588<a href="https://github.com/webassembly/esm-integration">ES Module Integration Proposal for Web Assembly</a>.</p>
589<p>For example, an <code>index.mjs</code> containing:</p>
590<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> * <span class="hljs-keyword">as</span> M <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./module.wasm'</span>;
591<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(M);</code></pre>
592<p>executed under:</p>
593<pre><code class="language-bash">node --experimental-wasm-modules index.mjs</code></pre>
594<p>would provide the exports interface for the instantiation of <code>module.wasm</code>.</p>
595<p><i id="esm_experimental_top_level_await"></i></p>
596</section><section><h3>Top-level <code>await</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_top_level_await" id="esm_top_level_await">#</a></span></h3>
597<div class="api_metadata">
598<span>Added in: v14.8.0</span>
599</div>
600<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
601<p>The <code>await</code> keyword may be used in the top level body of an ECMAScript module.</p>
602<p>Assuming an <code>a.mjs</code> with</p>
603<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> five = <span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">Promise</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>(<span class="hljs-number">5</span>);</code></pre>
604<p>And a <code>b.mjs</code> with</p>
605<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { five } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./a.mjs'</span>;
606
607<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(five); <span class="hljs-comment">// Logs `5`</span></code></pre>
608<pre><code class="language-bash">node b.mjs <span class="hljs-comment"># works</span></code></pre>
609<p>If a top level <code>await</code> expression never resolves, the <code>node</code> process will exit
610with a <code>13</code> <a href="process.html#process_exit_codes">status code</a>.</p>
611<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { spawn } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'child_process'</span>;
612<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { execPath } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'process'</span>;
613
614<span class="hljs-title function_">spawn</span>(execPath, [
615  <span class="hljs-string">'--input-type=module'</span>,
616  <span class="hljs-string">'--eval'</span>,
617  <span class="hljs-comment">// Never-resolving Promise:</span>
618  <span class="hljs-string">'await new Promise(() => {})'</span>,
619]).<span class="hljs-title function_">once</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'exit'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">code</span>) =></span> {
620  <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(code); <span class="hljs-comment">// Logs `13`</span>
621});</code></pre>
622<p><i id="esm_experimental_loaders"></i></p>
623</section><section><h3>Loaders<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_loaders" id="esm_loaders">#</a></span></h3>
624<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
625<p><strong>Note: This API is currently being redesigned and will still change.</strong></p>
626
627<p>To customize the default module resolution, loader hooks can optionally be
628provided via a <code>--experimental-loader ./loader-name.mjs</code> argument to Node.js.</p>
629<p>When hooks are used they only apply to ES module loading and not to any
630CommonJS modules loaded.</p>
631<h4>Hooks<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_hooks" id="esm_hooks">#</a></span></h4>
632<h5><code>resolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_resolve_specifier_context_defaultresolve" id="esm_resolve_specifier_context_defaultresolve">#</a></span></h5>
633<blockquote>
634<p>Note: The loaders API is being redesigned. This hook may disappear or its
635signature may change. Do not rely on the API described below.</p>
636</blockquote>
637<ul>
638<li><code>specifier</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
639<li><code>context</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
640<ul>
641<li><code>conditions</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string[]></a></li>
642<li><code>parentURL</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
643</ul>
644</li>
645<li><code>defaultResolve</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type">&#x3C;Function></a></li>
646<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
647<ul>
648<li><code>url</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
649</ul>
650</li>
651</ul>
652<p>The <code>resolve</code> hook returns the resolved file URL for a given module specifier
653and parent URL. The module specifier is the string in an <code>import</code> statement or
654<code>import()</code> expression, and the parent URL is the URL of the module that imported
655this one, or <code>undefined</code> if this is the main entry point for the application.</p>
656<p>The <code>conditions</code> property on the <code>context</code> is an array of conditions for
657<a href="packages.html#packages_conditional_exports">Conditional exports</a> that apply to this resolution request. They can be used
658for looking up conditional mappings elsewhere or to modify the list when calling
659the default resolution logic.</p>
660<p>The current <a href="packages.html#packages_conditional_exports">package exports conditions</a> are always in
661the <code>context.conditions</code> array passed into the hook. To guarantee <em>default
662Node.js module specifier resolution behavior</em> when calling <code>defaultResolve</code>, the
663<code>context.conditions</code> array passed to it <em>must</em> include <em>all</em> elements of the
664<code>context.conditions</code> array originally passed into the <code>resolve</code> hook.</p>
665<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">/**
666 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">string</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">specifier</span>
667 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">{
668 *   conditions: !Array&#x3C;string>,
669 *   parentURL: !(string | undefined),
670 * </span>}} context
671 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Function</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">defaultResolve</span>
672 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@returns</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Promise&#x3C;{ url: string </span>}>}
673 */</span>
674<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">async</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>(<span class="hljs-params">specifier, context, defaultResolve</span>) {
675  <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { parentURL = <span class="hljs-literal">null</span> } = context;
676  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (<span class="hljs-title class_">Math</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">random</span>() > <span class="hljs-number">0.5</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// Some condition.</span>
677    <span class="hljs-comment">// For some or all specifiers, do some custom logic for resolving.</span>
678    <span class="hljs-comment">// Always return an object of the form {url: &#x3C;string>}.</span>
679    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
680      <span class="hljs-attr">url</span>: parentURL ?
681        <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">URL</span>(specifier, parentURL).<span class="hljs-property">href</span> :
682        <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">URL</span>(specifier).<span class="hljs-property">href</span>,
683    };
684  }
685  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (<span class="hljs-title class_">Math</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">random</span>() &#x3C; <span class="hljs-number">0.5</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// Another condition.</span>
686    <span class="hljs-comment">// When calling `defaultResolve`, the arguments can be modified. In this</span>
687    <span class="hljs-comment">// case it's adding another value for matching conditional exports.</span>
688    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultResolve</span>(specifier, {
689      ...context,
690      <span class="hljs-attr">conditions</span>: [...context.<span class="hljs-property">conditions</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'another-condition'</span>],
691    });
692  }
693  <span class="hljs-comment">// Defer to Node.js for all other specifiers.</span>
694  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultResolve</span>(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
695}</code></pre>
696<h5><code>getFormat(url, context, defaultGetFormat)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_getformat_url_context_defaultgetformat" id="esm_getformat_url_context_defaultgetformat">#</a></span></h5>
697<blockquote>
698<p>Note: The loaders API is being redesigned. This hook may disappear or its
699signature may change. Do not rely on the API described below.</p>
700</blockquote>
701<ul>
702<li><code>url</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
703<li><code>context</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
704<li><code>defaultGetFormat</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type">&#x3C;Function></a></li>
705<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
706<ul>
707<li><code>format</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
708</ul>
709</li>
710</ul>
711<p>The <code>getFormat</code> hook provides a way to define a custom method of determining how
712a URL should be interpreted. The <code>format</code> returned also affects what the
713acceptable forms of source values are for a module when parsing. This can be one
714of the following:</p>
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750<table><thead><tr><th><code>format</code></th><th>Description</th><th>Acceptable Types For <code>source</code> Returned by <code>getSource</code> or <code>transformSource</code></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>'builtin'</code></td><td>Load a Node.js builtin module</td><td>Not applicable</td></tr><tr><td><code>'commonjs'</code></td><td>Load a Node.js CommonJS module</td><td>Not applicable</td></tr><tr><td><code>'json'</code></td><td>Load a JSON file</td><td>{ <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String"><code>string</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer"><code>ArrayBuffer</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray"><code>TypedArray</code></a> }</td></tr><tr><td><code>'module'</code></td><td>Load an ES module</td><td>{ <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String"><code>string</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer"><code>ArrayBuffer</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray"><code>TypedArray</code></a> }</td></tr><tr><td><code>'wasm'</code></td><td>Load a WebAssembly module</td><td>{ <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer"><code>ArrayBuffer</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray"><code>TypedArray</code></a> }</td></tr></tbody></table>
751<p>Note: These types all correspond to classes defined in ECMAScript.</p>
752<ul>
753<li>The specific <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer"><code>ArrayBuffer</code></a> object is a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer"><code>SharedArrayBuffer</code></a>.</li>
754<li>The specific <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray"><code>TypedArray</code></a> object is a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array"><code>Uint8Array</code></a>.</li>
755</ul>
756<p>Note: If the source value of a text-based format (i.e., <code>'json'</code>, <code>'module'</code>) is
757not a string, it is converted to a string using <a href="util.html#util_class_util_textdecoder"><code>util.TextDecoder</code></a>.</p>
758<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">/**
759 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">string</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">url</span>
760 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Object</span>} context (currently empty)
761 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Function</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">defaultGetFormat</span>
762 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@returns</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Promise&#x3C;{ format: string </span>}>}
763 */</span>
764<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">async</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">getFormat</span>(<span class="hljs-params">url, context, defaultGetFormat</span>) {
765  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (<span class="hljs-title class_">Math</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">random</span>() > <span class="hljs-number">0.5</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// Some condition.</span>
766    <span class="hljs-comment">// For some or all URLs, do some custom logic for determining format.</span>
767    <span class="hljs-comment">// Always return an object of the form {format: &#x3C;string>}, where the</span>
768    <span class="hljs-comment">// format is one of the strings in the preceding table.</span>
769    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
770      <span class="hljs-attr">format</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'module'</span>,
771    };
772  }
773  <span class="hljs-comment">// Defer to Node.js for all other URLs.</span>
774  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultGetFormat</span>(url, context, defaultGetFormat);
775}</code></pre>
776<h5><code>getSource(url, context, defaultGetSource)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_getsource_url_context_defaultgetsource" id="esm_getsource_url_context_defaultgetsource">#</a></span></h5>
777<blockquote>
778<p>Note: The loaders API is being redesigned. This hook may disappear or its
779signature may change. Do not rely on the API described below.</p>
780</blockquote>
781<ul>
782<li><code>url</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
783<li><code>context</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
784<ul>
785<li><code>format</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
786</ul>
787</li>
788<li><code>defaultGetSource</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type">&#x3C;Function></a></li>
789<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
790<ul>
791<li><code>source</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer" class="type">&#x3C;SharedArrayBuffer></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array" class="type">&#x3C;Uint8Array></a></li>
792</ul>
793</li>
794</ul>
795<p>The <code>getSource</code> hook provides a way to define a custom method for retrieving
796the source code of an ES module specifier. This would allow a loader to
797potentially avoid reading files from disk.</p>
798<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">/**
799 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">string</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">url</span>
800 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">{ format: string </span>}} context
801 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Function</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">defaultGetSource</span>
802 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@returns</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Promise&#x3C;{ source: !(string | SharedArrayBuffer | Uint8Array) </span>}>}
803 */</span>
804<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">async</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">getSource</span>(<span class="hljs-params">url, context, defaultGetSource</span>) {
805  <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { format } = context;
806  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (<span class="hljs-title class_">Math</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">random</span>() > <span class="hljs-number">0.5</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// Some condition.</span>
807    <span class="hljs-comment">// For some or all URLs, do some custom logic for retrieving the source.</span>
808    <span class="hljs-comment">// Always return an object of the form {source: &#x3C;string|buffer>}.</span>
809    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
810      <span class="hljs-attr">source</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'...'</span>,
811    };
812  }
813  <span class="hljs-comment">// Defer to Node.js for all other URLs.</span>
814  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultGetSource</span>(url, context, defaultGetSource);
815}</code></pre>
816<h5><code>transformSource(source, context, defaultTransformSource)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_transformsource_source_context_defaulttransformsource" id="esm_transformsource_source_context_defaulttransformsource">#</a></span></h5>
817<blockquote>
818<p>Note: The loaders API is being redesigned. This hook may disappear or its
819signature may change. Do not rely on the API described below.</p>
820</blockquote>
821<ul>
822<li><code>source</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer" class="type">&#x3C;SharedArrayBuffer></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array" class="type">&#x3C;Uint8Array></a></li>
823<li><code>context</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
824<ul>
825<li><code>format</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
826<li><code>url</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
827</ul>
828</li>
829<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a>
830<ul>
831<li><code>source</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer" class="type">&#x3C;SharedArrayBuffer></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array" class="type">&#x3C;Uint8Array></a></li>
832</ul>
833</li>
834</ul>
835<p>The <code>transformSource</code> hook provides a way to modify the source code of a loaded
836ES module file after the source string has been loaded but before Node.js has
837done anything with it.</p>
838<p>If this hook is used to convert unknown-to-Node.js file types into executable
839JavaScript, a resolve hook is also necessary in order to register any
840unknown-to-Node.js file extensions. See the <a href="#esm_transpiler_loader">transpiler loader example</a> below.</p>
841<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">/**
842 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">!(string | SharedArrayBuffer | Uint8Array)</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">source</span>
843 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">{
844 *   format: string,
845 *   url: string,
846 * </span>}} context
847 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@param</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Function</span>} <span class="hljs-variable">defaultTransformSource</span>
848 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@returns</span> {<span class="hljs-type">Promise&#x3C;{ source: !(string | SharedArrayBuffer | Uint8Array) </span>}>}
849 */</span>
850<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">async</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">transformSource</span>(<span class="hljs-params">source, context, defaultTransformSource</span>) {
851  <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { url, format } = context;
852  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (<span class="hljs-title class_">Math</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">random</span>() > <span class="hljs-number">0.5</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// Some condition.</span>
853    <span class="hljs-comment">// For some or all URLs, do some custom logic for modifying the source.</span>
854    <span class="hljs-comment">// Always return an object of the form {source: &#x3C;string|buffer>}.</span>
855    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
856      <span class="hljs-attr">source</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'...'</span>,
857    };
858  }
859  <span class="hljs-comment">// Defer to Node.js for all other sources.</span>
860  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultTransformSource</span>(source, context, defaultTransformSource);
861}</code></pre>
862<h5><code>getGlobalPreloadCode()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#esm_getglobalpreloadcode" id="esm_getglobalpreloadcode">#</a></span></h5>
863<blockquote>
864<p>Note: The loaders API is being redesigned. This hook may disappear or its
865signature may change. Do not rely on the API described below.</p>
866</blockquote>
867<ul>
868<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
869</ul>
870<p>Sometimes it might be necessary to run some code inside of the same global scope
871that the application runs in. This hook allows the return of a string that is
872run as sloppy-mode script on startup.</p>
873<p>Similar to how CommonJS wrappers work, the code runs in an implicit function
874scope. The only argument is a <code>require</code>-like function that can be used to load
875builtins like "fs": <code>getBuiltin(request: string)</code>.</p>
876<p>If the code needs more advanced <code>require</code> features, it has to construct
877its own <code>require</code> using  <code>module.createRequire()</code>.</p>
878<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">/**
879 * <span class="hljs-doctag">@returns</span> {<span class="hljs-type">string</span>} Code to run before application startup
880 */</span>
881<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">getGlobalPreloadCode</span>(<span class="hljs-params"></span>) {
882  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-string">`\
883globalThis.someInjectedProperty = 42;
884console.log('I just set some globals!');
885
886const { createRequire } = getBuiltin('module');
887
888const require = createRequire(process.cwd() + '/&#x3C;preload>');
889// [...]
890`</span>;
891}</code></pre>
892<h4>Examples<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_examples" id="esm_examples">#</a></span></h4>
893<p>The various loader hooks can be used together to accomplish wide-ranging
894customizations of Node.js’ code loading and evaluation behaviors.</p>
895<h5>HTTPS loader<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_https_loader" id="esm_https_loader">#</a></span></h5>
896<p>In current Node.js, specifiers starting with <code>https://</code> are unsupported. The
897loader below registers hooks to enable rudimentary support for such specifiers.
898While this may seem like a significant improvement to Node.js core
899functionality, there are substantial downsides to actually using this loader:
900performance is much slower than loading files from disk, there is no caching,
901and there is no security.</p>
902<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">// https-loader.mjs</span>
903<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { get } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'https'</span>;
904
905<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>(<span class="hljs-params">specifier, context, defaultResolve</span>) {
906  <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { parentURL = <span class="hljs-literal">null</span> } = context;
907
908  <span class="hljs-comment">// Normally Node.js would error on specifiers starting with 'https://', so</span>
909  <span class="hljs-comment">// this hook intercepts them and converts them into absolute URLs to be</span>
910  <span class="hljs-comment">// passed along to the later hooks below.</span>
911  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (specifier.<span class="hljs-title function_">startsWith</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'https://'</span>)) {
912    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
913      <span class="hljs-attr">url</span>: specifier
914    };
915  } <span class="hljs-keyword">else</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (parentURL &#x26;&#x26; parentURL.<span class="hljs-title function_">startsWith</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'https://'</span>)) {
916    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
917      <span class="hljs-attr">url</span>: <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">URL</span>(specifier, parentURL).<span class="hljs-property">href</span>
918    };
919  }
920
921  <span class="hljs-comment">// Let Node.js handle all other specifiers.</span>
922  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultResolve</span>(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
923}
924
925<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">getFormat</span>(<span class="hljs-params">url, context, defaultGetFormat</span>) {
926  <span class="hljs-comment">// This loader assumes all network-provided JavaScript is ES module code.</span>
927  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (url.<span class="hljs-title function_">startsWith</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'https://'</span>)) {
928    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
929      <span class="hljs-attr">format</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'module'</span>
930    };
931  }
932
933  <span class="hljs-comment">// Let Node.js handle all other URLs.</span>
934  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultGetFormat</span>(url, context, defaultGetFormat);
935}
936
937<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">getSource</span>(<span class="hljs-params">url, context, defaultGetSource</span>) {
938  <span class="hljs-comment">// For JavaScript to be loaded over the network, we need to fetch and</span>
939  <span class="hljs-comment">// return it.</span>
940  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (url.<span class="hljs-title function_">startsWith</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'https://'</span>)) {
941    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">Promise</span>(<span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">resolve, reject</span>) =></span> {
942      <span class="hljs-title function_">get</span>(url, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">res</span>) =></span> {
943        <span class="hljs-keyword">let</span> data = <span class="hljs-string">''</span>;
944        res.<span class="hljs-title function_">on</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'data'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">chunk</span>) =></span> data += chunk);
945        res.<span class="hljs-title function_">on</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'end'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">() =></span> <span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>({ <span class="hljs-attr">source</span>: data }));
946      }).<span class="hljs-title function_">on</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'error'</span>, <span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">err</span>) =></span> <span class="hljs-title function_">reject</span>(err));
947    });
948  }
949
950  <span class="hljs-comment">// Let Node.js handle all other URLs.</span>
951  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultGetSource</span>(url, context, defaultGetSource);
952}</code></pre>
953<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">// main.mjs</span>
954<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { <span class="hljs-variable constant_">VERSION</span> } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'https://coffeescript.org/browser-compiler-modern/coffeescript.js'</span>;
955
956<span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-variable constant_">VERSION</span>);</code></pre>
957<p>With the preceding loader, running
958<code>node --experimental-loader ./https-loader.mjs ./main.mjs</code>
959prints the current version of CoffeeScript per the module at the URL in
960<code>main.mjs</code>.</p>
961<h5>Transpiler loader<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_transpiler_loader" id="esm_transpiler_loader">#</a></span></h5>
962<p>Sources that are in formats Node.js doesn’t understand can be converted into
963JavaScript using the <a href="#esm_transformsource_source_context_defaulttransformsource"><code>transformSource</code> hook</a>. Before that hook gets called,
964however, other hooks need to tell Node.js not to throw an error on unknown file
965types; and to tell Node.js how to load this new file type.</p>
966<p>This is less performant than transpiling source files before running
967Node.js; a transpiler loader should only be used for development and testing
968purposes.</p>
969<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-comment">// coffeescript-loader.mjs</span>
970<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { <span class="hljs-variable constant_">URL</span>, pathToFileURL } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'url'</span>;
971<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">CoffeeScript</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'coffeescript'</span>;
972
973<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> baseURL = <span class="hljs-title function_">pathToFileURL</span>(<span class="hljs-string">`<span class="hljs-subst">${process.cwd()}</span>/`</span>).<span class="hljs-property">href</span>;
974
975<span class="hljs-comment">// CoffeeScript files end in .coffee, .litcoffee or .coffee.md.</span>
976<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> extensionsRegex = <span class="hljs-regexp">/\.coffee$|\.litcoffee$|\.coffee\.md$/</span>;
977
978<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">resolve</span>(<span class="hljs-params">specifier, context, defaultResolve</span>) {
979  <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { parentURL = baseURL } = context;
980
981  <span class="hljs-comment">// Node.js normally errors on unknown file extensions, so return a URL for</span>
982  <span class="hljs-comment">// specifiers ending in the CoffeeScript file extensions.</span>
983  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (extensionsRegex.<span class="hljs-title function_">test</span>(specifier)) {
984    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
985      <span class="hljs-attr">url</span>: <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">URL</span>(specifier, parentURL).<span class="hljs-property">href</span>
986    };
987  }
988
989  <span class="hljs-comment">// Let Node.js handle all other specifiers.</span>
990  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultResolve</span>(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
991}
992
993<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">getFormat</span>(<span class="hljs-params">url, context, defaultGetFormat</span>) {
994  <span class="hljs-comment">// Now that we patched resolve to let CoffeeScript URLs through, we need to</span>
995  <span class="hljs-comment">// tell Node.js what format such URLs should be interpreted as. For the</span>
996  <span class="hljs-comment">// purposes of this loader, all CoffeeScript URLs are ES modules.</span>
997  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (extensionsRegex.<span class="hljs-title function_">test</span>(url)) {
998    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
999      <span class="hljs-attr">format</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'module'</span>
1000    };
1001  }
1002
1003  <span class="hljs-comment">// Let Node.js handle all other URLs.</span>
1004  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultGetFormat</span>(url, context, defaultGetFormat);
1005}
1006
1007<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">transformSource</span>(<span class="hljs-params">source, context, defaultTransformSource</span>) {
1008  <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { url, format } = context;
1009
1010  <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (extensionsRegex.<span class="hljs-title function_">test</span>(url)) {
1011    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> {
1012      <span class="hljs-attr">source</span>: <span class="hljs-title class_">CoffeeScript</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">compile</span>(source, { <span class="hljs-attr">bare</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">true</span> })
1013    };
1014  }
1015
1016  <span class="hljs-comment">// Let Node.js handle all other sources.</span>
1017  <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">defaultTransformSource</span>(source, context, defaultTransformSource);
1018}</code></pre>
1019<pre><code class="language-coffee"><span class="hljs-comment"># main.coffee</span>
1020<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { scream } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'./scream.coffee'</span>
1021console.log scream <span class="hljs-string">'hello, world'</span>
1022
1023<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { version } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'process'</span>
1024console.log <span class="hljs-string">"Brought to you by Node.js version <span class="hljs-subst">#{version}</span>"</span></code></pre>
1025<pre><code class="language-coffee"><span class="hljs-comment"># scream.coffee</span>
1026<span class="hljs-keyword">export</span> scream = <span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-params">(str)</span> -></span> str.toUpperCase()</code></pre>
1027<p>With the preceding loader, running
1028<code>node --experimental-loader ./coffeescript-loader.mjs main.coffee</code>
1029causes <code>main.coffee</code> to be turned into JavaScript after its source code is
1030loaded from disk but before Node.js executes it; and so on for any <code>.coffee</code>,
1031<code>.litcoffee</code> or <code>.coffee.md</code> files referenced via <code>import</code> statements of any
1032loaded file.</p>
1033</section><section><h3>Resolution algorithm<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_resolution_algorithm" id="esm_resolution_algorithm">#</a></span></h3>
1034<h4>Features<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_features" id="esm_features">#</a></span></h4>
1035<p>The resolver has the following properties:</p>
1036<ul>
1037<li>FileURL-based resolution as is used by ES modules</li>
1038<li>Support for builtin module loading</li>
1039<li>Relative and absolute URL resolution</li>
1040<li>No default extensions</li>
1041<li>No folder mains</li>
1042<li>Bare specifier package resolution lookup through node_modules</li>
1043</ul>
1044<h4>Resolver algorithm<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_resolver_algorithm" id="esm_resolver_algorithm">#</a></span></h4>
1045<p>The algorithm to load an ES module specifier is given through the
1046<strong>ESM_RESOLVE</strong> method below. It returns the resolved URL for a
1047module specifier relative to a parentURL.</p>
1048<p>The algorithm to determine the module format of a resolved URL is
1049provided by <strong>ESM_FORMAT</strong>, which returns the unique module
1050format for any file. The <em>"module"</em> format is returned for an ECMAScript
1051Module, while the <em>"commonjs"</em> format is used to indicate loading through the
1052legacy CommonJS loader. Additional formats such as <em>"addon"</em> can be extended in
1053future updates.</p>
1054<p>In the following algorithms, all subroutine errors are propagated as errors
1055of these top-level routines unless stated otherwise.</p>
1056<p><em>defaultConditions</em> is the conditional environment name array,
1057<code>["node", "import"]</code>.</p>
1058<p>The resolver can throw the following errors:</p>
1059<ul>
1060<li><em>Invalid Module Specifier</em>: Module specifier is an invalid URL, package name
1061or package subpath specifier.</li>
1062<li><em>Invalid Package Configuration</em>: package.json configuration is invalid or
1063contains an invalid configuration.</li>
1064<li><em>Invalid Package Target</em>: Package exports or imports define a target module
1065for the package that is an invalid type or string target.</li>
1066<li><em>Package Path Not Exported</em>: Package exports do not define or permit a target
1067subpath in the package for the given module.</li>
1068<li><em>Package Import Not Defined</em>: Package imports do not define the specifier.</li>
1069<li><em>Module Not Found</em>: The package or module requested does not exist.</li>
1070<li><em>Unsupported Directory Import</em>: The resolved path corresponds to a directory,
1071which is not a supported target for module imports.</li>
1072</ul>
1073<h4>Resolver Algorithm Specification<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_resolver_algorithm_specification" id="esm_resolver_algorithm_specification">#</a></span></h4>
1074<p><strong>ESM_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>specifier</em>, <em>parentURL</em>)</p>
1075<blockquote>
1076<ol>
1077<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1078<li>If <em>specifier</em> is a valid URL, then
1079<ol>
1080<li>Set <em>resolved</em> to the result of parsing and reserializing
1081<em>specifier</em> as a URL.</li>
1082</ol>
1083</li>
1084<li>Otherwise, if <em>specifier</em> starts with <em>"/"</em>, <em>"./"</em> or <em>"../"</em>, then
1085<ol>
1086<li>Set <em>resolved</em> to the URL resolution of <em>specifier</em> relative to
1087<em>parentURL</em>.</li>
1088</ol>
1089</li>
1090<li>Otherwise, if <em>specifier</em> starts with <em>"#"</em>, then
1091<ol>
1092<li>Set <em>resolved</em> to the destructured value of the result of
1093<strong>PACKAGE_IMPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>specifier</em>, <em>parentURL</em>,
1094<em>defaultConditions</em>).</li>
1095</ol>
1096</li>
1097<li>Otherwise,
1098<ol>
1099<li>Note: <em>specifier</em> is now a bare specifier.</li>
1100<li>Set <em>resolved</em> the result of
1101<strong>PACKAGE_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>specifier</em>, <em>parentURL</em>).</li>
1102</ol>
1103</li>
1104<li>If <em>resolved</em> contains any percent encodings of <em>"/"</em> or <em>"\"</em> (<em>"%2f"</em>
1105and <em>"%5C"</em> respectively), then
1106<ol>
1107<li>Throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1108</ol>
1109</li>
1110<li>If the file at <em>resolved</em> is a directory, then
1111<ol>
1112<li>Throw an <em>Unsupported Directory Import</em> error.</li>
1113</ol>
1114</li>
1115<li>If the file at <em>resolved</em> does not exist, then
1116<ol>
1117<li>Throw a <em>Module Not Found</em> error.</li>
1118</ol>
1119</li>
1120<li>Set <em>resolved</em> to the real path of <em>resolved</em>.</li>
1121<li>Let <em>format</em> be the result of <strong>ESM_FORMAT</strong>(<em>resolved</em>).</li>
1122<li>Load <em>resolved</em> as module format, <em>format</em>.</li>
1123<li>Return <em>resolved</em>.</li>
1124</ol>
1125</blockquote>
1126<p><strong>PACKAGE_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageSpecifier</em>, <em>parentURL</em>)</p>
1127<blockquote>
1128<ol>
1129<li>Let <em>packageName</em> be <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1130<li>If <em>packageSpecifier</em> is an empty string, then
1131<ol>
1132<li>Throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1133</ol>
1134</li>
1135<li>If <em>packageSpecifier</em> does not start with <em>"@"</em>, then
1136<ol>
1137<li>Set <em>packageName</em> to the substring of <em>packageSpecifier</em> until the first
1138<em>"/"</em> separator or the end of the string.</li>
1139</ol>
1140</li>
1141<li>Otherwise,
1142<ol>
1143<li>If <em>packageSpecifier</em> does not contain a <em>"/"</em> separator, then
1144<ol>
1145<li>Throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1146</ol>
1147</li>
1148<li>Set <em>packageName</em> to the substring of <em>packageSpecifier</em>
1149until the second <em>"/"</em> separator or the end of the string.</li>
1150</ol>
1151</li>
1152<li>If <em>packageName</em> starts with <em>"."</em> or contains <em>"\"</em> or <em>"%"</em>, then
1153<ol>
1154<li>Throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1155</ol>
1156</li>
1157<li>Let <em>packageSubpath</em> be <em>"."</em> concatenated with the substring of
1158<em>packageSpecifier</em> from the position at the length of <em>packageName</em>.</li>
1159<li>Let <em>selfUrl</em> be the result of
1160<strong>PACKAGE_SELF_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageName</em>, <em>packageSubpath</em>, <em>parentURL</em>).</li>
1161<li>If <em>selfUrl</em> is not <strong>undefined</strong>, return <em>selfUrl</em>.</li>
1162<li>If <em>packageSubpath</em> is <em>"."</em> and <em>packageName</em> is a Node.js builtin
1163module, then
1164<ol>
1165<li>Return the string <em>"node:"</em> concatenated with <em>packageSpecifier</em>.</li>
1166</ol>
1167</li>
1168<li>While <em>parentURL</em> is not the file system root,
1169<ol>
1170<li>Let <em>packageURL</em> be the URL resolution of <em>"node_modules/"</em>
1171concatenated with <em>packageSpecifier</em>, relative to <em>parentURL</em>.</li>
1172<li>Set <em>parentURL</em> to the parent folder URL of <em>parentURL</em>.</li>
1173<li>If the folder at <em>packageURL</em> does not exist, then
1174<ol>
1175<li>Set <em>parentURL</em> to the parent URL path of <em>parentURL</em>.</li>
1176<li>Continue the next loop iteration.</li>
1177</ol>
1178</li>
1179<li>Let <em>pjson</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_JSON</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>).</li>
1180<li>If <em>pjson</em> is not <strong>null</strong> and <em>pjson</em>.<em>exports</em> is not <strong>null</strong> or
1181<strong>undefined</strong>, then
1182<ol>
1183<li>Let <em>exports</em> be <em>pjson.exports</em>.</li>
1184<li>Return the <em>resolved</em> destructured value of the result of
1185<strong>PACKAGE_EXPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>, <em>packageSubpath</em>,
1186<em>pjson.exports</em>, <em>defaultConditions</em>).</li>
1187</ol>
1188</li>
1189<li>Otherwise, if <em>packageSubpath</em> is equal to <em>"."</em>, then
1190<ol>
1191<li>Return the result applying the legacy <strong>LOAD_AS_DIRECTORY</strong>
1192CommonJS resolver to <em>packageURL</em>, throwing a <em>Module Not Found</em>
1193error for no resolution.</li>
1194</ol>
1195</li>
1196<li>Otherwise,
1197<ol>
1198<li>Return the URL resolution of <em>packageSubpath</em> in <em>packageURL</em>.</li>
1199</ol>
1200</li>
1201</ol>
1202</li>
1203<li>Throw a <em>Module Not Found</em> error.</li>
1204</ol>
1205</blockquote>
1206<p><strong>PACKAGE_SELF_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageName</em>, <em>packageSubpath</em>, <em>parentURL</em>)</p>
1207<blockquote>
1208<ol>
1209<li>Let <em>packageURL</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_SCOPE</strong>(<em>parentURL</em>).</li>
1210<li>If <em>packageURL</em> is <strong>null</strong>, then
1211<ol>
1212<li>Return <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1213</ol>
1214</li>
1215<li>Let <em>pjson</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_JSON</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>).</li>
1216<li>If <em>pjson</em> is <strong>null</strong> or if <em>pjson</em>.<em>exports</em> is <strong>null</strong> or
1217<strong>undefined</strong>, then
1218<ol>
1219<li>Return <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1220</ol>
1221</li>
1222<li>If <em>pjson.name</em> is equal to <em>packageName</em>, then
1223<ol>
1224<li>Return the <em>resolved</em> destructured value of the result of
1225<strong>PACKAGE_EXPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <em>pjson.exports</em>,
1226<em>defaultConditions</em>).</li>
1227</ol>
1228</li>
1229<li>Otherwise, return <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1230</ol>
1231</blockquote>
1232<p><strong>PACKAGE_EXPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <em>exports</em>, <em>conditions</em>)</p>
1233<blockquote>
1234<ol>
1235<li>If <em>exports</em> is an Object with both a key starting with <em>"."</em> and a key not
1236starting with <em>"."</em>, throw an <em>Invalid Package Configuration</em> error.</li>
1237<li>If <em>subpath</em> is equal to <em>"."</em>, then
1238<ol>
1239<li>Let <em>mainExport</em> be <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1240<li>If <em>exports</em> is a String or Array, or an Object containing no keys
1241starting with <em>"."</em>, then
1242<ol>
1243<li>Set <em>mainExport</em> to <em>exports</em>.</li>
1244</ol>
1245</li>
1246<li>Otherwise if <em>exports</em> is an Object containing a <em>"."</em> property, then
1247<ol>
1248<li>Set <em>mainExport</em> to <em>exports</em>[<em>"."</em>].</li>
1249</ol>
1250</li>
1251<li>If <em>mainExport</em> is not <strong>undefined</strong>, then
1252<ol>
1253<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be the result of <strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(
1254<em>packageURL</em>, <em>mainExport</em>, <em>""</em>, <strong>false</strong>, <strong>false</strong>,
1255<em>conditions</em>).</li>
1256<li>If <em>resolved</em> is not <strong>null</strong> or <strong>undefined</strong>, then
1257<ol>
1258<li>Return <em>resolved</em>.</li>
1259</ol>
1260</li>
1261</ol>
1262</li>
1263</ol>
1264</li>
1265<li>Otherwise, if <em>exports</em> is an Object and all keys of <em>exports</em> start with
1266<em>"."</em>, then
1267<ol>
1268<li>Let <em>matchKey</em> be the string <em>"./"</em> concatenated with <em>subpath</em>.</li>
1269<li>Let <em>resolvedMatch</em> be result of <strong>PACKAGE_IMPORTS_EXPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(
1270<em>matchKey</em>, <em>exports</em>, <em>packageURL</em>, <strong>false</strong>, <em>conditions</em>).</li>
1271<li>If <em>resolvedMatch</em>.<em>resolve</em> is not <strong>null</strong> or <strong>undefined</strong>, then
1272<ol>
1273<li>Return <em>resolvedMatch</em>.</li>
1274</ol>
1275</li>
1276</ol>
1277</li>
1278<li>Throw a <em>Package Path Not Exported</em> error.</li>
1279</ol>
1280</blockquote>
1281<p><strong>PACKAGE_IMPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>specifier</em>, <em>parentURL</em>, <em>conditions</em>)</p>
1282<blockquote>
1283<ol>
1284<li>Assert: <em>specifier</em> begins with <em>"#"</em>.</li>
1285<li>If <em>specifier</em> is exactly equal to <em>"#"</em> or starts with <em>"#/"</em>, then
1286<ol>
1287<li>Throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1288</ol>
1289</li>
1290<li>Let <em>packageURL</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_SCOPE</strong>(<em>parentURL</em>).</li>
1291<li>If <em>packageURL</em> is not <strong>null</strong>, then
1292<ol>
1293<li>Let <em>pjson</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_JSON</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>).</li>
1294<li>If <em>pjson.imports</em> is a non-null Object, then
1295<ol>
1296<li>Let <em>resolvedMatch</em> be the result of
1297<strong>PACKAGE_IMPORTS_EXPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>specifier</em>, <em>pjson.imports</em>,
1298<em>packageURL</em>, <strong>true</strong>, <em>conditions</em>).</li>
1299<li>If <em>resolvedMatch</em>.<em>resolve</em> is not <strong>null</strong> or <strong>undefined</strong>, then
1300<ol>
1301<li>Return <em>resolvedMatch</em>.</li>
1302</ol>
1303</li>
1304</ol>
1305</li>
1306</ol>
1307</li>
1308<li>Throw a <em>Package Import Not Defined</em> error.</li>
1309</ol>
1310</blockquote>
1311<p><strong>PACKAGE_IMPORTS_EXPORTS_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>matchKey</em>, <em>matchObj</em>, <em>packageURL</em>,
1312<em>isImports</em>, <em>conditions</em>)</p>
1313<blockquote>
1314<ol>
1315<li>If <em>matchKey</em> is a key of <em>matchObj</em> and does not end in <em>"/"</em> or contain
1316<em>"*"</em>, then
1317<ol>
1318<li>Let <em>target</em> be the value of <em>matchObj</em>[<em>matchKey</em>].</li>
1319<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be the result of <strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(
1320<em>packageURL</em>, <em>target</em>, <em>""</em>, <strong>false</strong>, <em>isImports</em>, <em>conditions</em>).</li>
1321<li>Return the object <em>{ resolved, exact: <strong>true</strong> }</em>.</li>
1322</ol>
1323</li>
1324<li>Let <em>expansionKeys</em> be the list of keys of <em>matchObj</em> either ending in
1325<em>"/"</em> or containing only a single <em>"*"</em>, sorted by the sorting function
1326<strong>PATTERN_KEY_COMPARE</strong> which orders in descending order of specificity.</li>
1327<li>For each key <em>expansionKey</em> in <em>expansionKeys</em>, do
1328<ol>
1329<li>Let <em>patternBase</em> be <strong>null</strong>.</li>
1330<li>If <em>expansionKey</em> contains <em>"*"</em>, set <em>patternBase</em> to the substring of
1331<em>expansionKey</em> up to but excluding the first <em>"*"</em> character.</li>
1332<li>If <em>patternBase</em> is not <strong>null</strong> and <em>matchKey</em> starts with but is not
1333equal to <em>patternBase</em>, then
1334<ol>
1335<li>Let <em>patternTrailer</em> be the substring of <em>expansionKey</em> from the
1336index after the first <em>"*"</em> character.</li>
1337<li>If <em>patternTrailer</em> has zero length, or if <em>matchKey</em> ends with
1338<em>patternTrailer</em> and the length of <em>matchKey</em> is greater than or
1339equal to the length of <em>expansionKey</em>, then
1340<ol>
1341<li>Let <em>target</em> be the value of <em>matchObj</em>[<em>expansionKey</em>].</li>
1342<li>Let <em>subpath</em> be the substring of <em>matchKey</em> starting at the
1343index of the length of <em>patternBase</em> up to the length of
1344<em>matchKey</em> minus the length of <em>patternTrailer</em>.</li>
1345<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be the result of <strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(
1346<em>packageURL</em>, <em>target</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <strong>true</strong>, <em>isImports</em>,
1347<em>conditions</em>).</li>
1348<li>Return the object <em>{ resolved, exact: <strong>true</strong> }</em>.</li>
1349</ol>
1350</li>
1351</ol>
1352</li>
1353<li>Otherwise if <em>patternBase</em> is <strong>null</strong> and <em>matchKey</em> starts with
1354<em>expansionKey</em>, then
1355<ol>
1356<li>Let <em>target</em> be the value of <em>matchObj</em>[<em>expansionKey</em>].</li>
1357<li>Let <em>subpath</em> be the substring of <em>matchKey</em> starting at the
1358index of the length of <em>expansionKey</em>.</li>
1359<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be the result of <strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(
1360<em>packageURL</em>, <em>target</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <strong>false</strong>, <em>isImports</em>,
1361<em>conditions</em>).</li>
1362<li>Return the object <em>{ resolved, exact: <strong>false</strong> }</em>.</li>
1363</ol>
1364</li>
1365</ol>
1366</li>
1367<li>Return the object <em>{ resolved: <strong>null</strong>, exact: <strong>true</strong> }</em>.</li>
1368</ol>
1369</blockquote>
1370<p><strong>PATTERN_KEY_COMPARE</strong>(<em>keyA</em>, <em>keyB</em>)</p>
1371<blockquote>
1372<ol>
1373<li>Assert: <em>keyA</em> ends with <em>"/"</em> or contains only a single <em>"*"</em>.</li>
1374<li>Assert: <em>keyB</em> ends with <em>"/"</em> or contains only a single <em>"*"</em>.</li>
1375<li>Let <em>baseLengthA</em> be the index of <em>"*"</em> in <em>keyA</em> plus one, if <em>keyA</em>
1376contains <em>"*"</em>, or the length of <em>keyA</em> otherwise.</li>
1377<li>Let <em>baseLengthB</em> be the index of <em>"*"</em> in <em>keyB</em> plus one, if <em>keyB</em>
1378contains <em>"*"</em>, or the length of <em>keyB</em> otherwise.</li>
1379<li>If <em>baseLengthA</em> is greater than <em>baseLengthB</em>, return -1.</li>
1380<li>If <em>baseLengthB</em> is greater than <em>baseLengthA</em>, return 1.</li>
1381<li>If <em>keyA</em> does not contain <em>"*"</em>, return 1.</li>
1382<li>If <em>keyB</em> does not contain <em>"*"</em>, return -1.</li>
1383<li>If the length of <em>keyA</em> is greater than the length of <em>keyB</em>, return -1.</li>
1384<li>If the length of <em>keyB</em> is greater than the length of <em>keyA</em>, return 1.</li>
1385<li>Return 0.</li>
1386</ol>
1387</blockquote>
1388<p><strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>, <em>target</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <em>pattern</em>,
1389<em>internal</em>, <em>conditions</em>)</p>
1390<blockquote>
1391<ol>
1392<li>If <em>target</em> is a String, then
1393<ol>
1394<li>If <em>pattern</em> is <strong>false</strong>, <em>subpath</em> has non-zero length and <em>target</em>
1395does not end with <em>"/"</em>, throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1396<li>If <em>target</em> does not start with <em>"./"</em>, then
1397<ol>
1398<li>If <em>internal</em> is <strong>true</strong> and <em>target</em> does not start with <em>"../"</em> or
1399<em>"/"</em> and is not a valid URL, then
1400<ol>
1401<li>If <em>pattern</em> is <strong>true</strong>, then
1402<ol>
1403<li>Return <strong>PACKAGE_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>target</em> with every instance of
1404<em>"*"</em> replaced by <em>subpath</em>, <em>packageURL</em> + <em>"/"</em>)_.</li>
1405</ol>
1406</li>
1407<li>Return <strong>PACKAGE_RESOLVE</strong>(<em>target</em> + <em>subpath</em>,
1408<em>packageURL</em> + <em>"/"</em>)_.</li>
1409</ol>
1410</li>
1411<li>Otherwise, throw an <em>Invalid Package Target</em> error.</li>
1412</ol>
1413</li>
1414<li>If <em>target</em> split on <em>"/"</em> or <em>"\"</em> contains any <em>"."</em>, <em>".."</em> or
1415<em>"node_modules"</em> segments after the first segment, throw an
1416<em>Invalid Package Target</em> error.</li>
1417<li>Let <em>resolvedTarget</em> be the URL resolution of the concatenation of
1418<em>packageURL</em> and <em>target</em>.</li>
1419<li>Assert: <em>resolvedTarget</em> is contained in <em>packageURL</em>.</li>
1420<li>If <em>subpath</em> split on <em>"/"</em> or <em>"\"</em> contains any <em>"."</em>, <em>".."</em> or
1421<em>"node_modules"</em> segments, throw an <em>Invalid Module Specifier</em> error.</li>
1422<li>If <em>pattern</em> is <strong>true</strong>, then
1423<ol>
1424<li>Return the URL resolution of <em>resolvedTarget</em> with every instance of
1425<em>"*"</em> replaced with <em>subpath</em>.</li>
1426</ol>
1427</li>
1428<li>Otherwise,
1429<ol>
1430<li>Return the URL resolution of the concatenation of <em>subpath</em> and
1431<em>resolvedTarget</em>.</li>
1432</ol>
1433</li>
1434</ol>
1435</li>
1436<li>Otherwise, if <em>target</em> is a non-null Object, then
1437<ol>
1438<li>If <em>exports</em> contains any index property keys, as defined in ECMA-262
1439<a href="https://tc39.es/ecma262/#integer-index">6.1.7 Array Index</a>, throw an <em>Invalid Package Configuration</em> error.</li>
1440<li>For each property <em>p</em> of <em>target</em>, in object insertion order as,
1441<ol>
1442<li>If <em>p</em> equals <em>"default"</em> or <em>conditions</em> contains an entry for <em>p</em>,
1443then
1444<ol>
1445<li>Let <em>targetValue</em> be the value of the <em>p</em> property in <em>target</em>.</li>
1446<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be the result of <strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(
1447<em>packageURL</em>, <em>targetValue</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <em>pattern</em>, <em>internal</em>,
1448<em>conditions</em>).</li>
1449<li>If <em>resolved</em> is equal to <strong>undefined</strong>, continue the loop.</li>
1450<li>Return <em>resolved</em>.</li>
1451</ol>
1452</li>
1453</ol>
1454</li>
1455<li>Return <strong>undefined</strong>.</li>
1456</ol>
1457</li>
1458<li>Otherwise, if <em>target</em> is an Array, then
1459<ol>
1460<li>If _target.length is zero, return <strong>null</strong>.</li>
1461<li>For each item <em>targetValue</em> in <em>target</em>, do
1462<ol>
1463<li>Let <em>resolved</em> be the result of <strong>PACKAGE_TARGET_RESOLVE</strong>(
1464<em>packageURL</em>, <em>targetValue</em>, <em>subpath</em>, <em>pattern</em>, <em>internal</em>,
1465<em>conditions</em>), continuing the loop on any <em>Invalid Package Target</em>
1466error.</li>
1467<li>If <em>resolved</em> is <strong>undefined</strong>, continue the loop.</li>
1468<li>Return <em>resolved</em>.</li>
1469</ol>
1470</li>
1471<li>Return or throw the last fallback resolution <strong>null</strong> return or error.</li>
1472</ol>
1473</li>
1474<li>Otherwise, if <em>target</em> is <em>null</em>, return <strong>null</strong>.</li>
1475<li>Otherwise throw an <em>Invalid Package Target</em> error.</li>
1476</ol>
1477</blockquote>
1478<p><strong>ESM_FORMAT</strong>(<em>url</em>)</p>
1479<blockquote>
1480<ol>
1481<li>Assert: <em>url</em> corresponds to an existing file.</li>
1482<li>Let <em>pjson</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_SCOPE</strong>(<em>url</em>).</li>
1483<li>If <em>url</em> ends in <em>".mjs"</em>, then
1484<ol>
1485<li>Return <em>"module"</em>.</li>
1486</ol>
1487</li>
1488<li>If <em>url</em> ends in <em>".cjs"</em>, then
1489<ol>
1490<li>Return <em>"commonjs"</em>.</li>
1491</ol>
1492</li>
1493<li>If <em>pjson?.type</em> exists and is <em>"module"</em>, then
1494<ol>
1495<li>If <em>url</em> ends in <em>".js"</em>, then
1496<ol>
1497<li>Return <em>"module"</em>.</li>
1498</ol>
1499</li>
1500<li>Throw an <em>Unsupported File Extension</em> error.</li>
1501</ol>
1502</li>
1503<li>Otherwise,
1504<ol>
1505<li>Throw an <em>Unsupported File Extension</em> error.</li>
1506</ol>
1507</li>
1508</ol>
1509</blockquote>
1510<p><strong>READ_PACKAGE_SCOPE</strong>(<em>url</em>)</p>
1511<blockquote>
1512<ol>
1513<li>Let <em>scopeURL</em> be <em>url</em>.</li>
1514<li>While <em>scopeURL</em> is not the file system root,
1515<ol>
1516<li>Set <em>scopeURL</em> to the parent URL of <em>scopeURL</em>.</li>
1517<li>If <em>scopeURL</em> ends in a <em>"node_modules"</em> path segment, return <strong>null</strong>.</li>
1518<li>Let <em>pjson</em> be the result of <strong>READ_PACKAGE_JSON</strong>(<em>scopeURL</em>).</li>
1519<li>If <em>pjson</em> is not <strong>null</strong>, then
1520<ol>
1521<li>Return <em>pjson</em>.</li>
1522</ol>
1523</li>
1524</ol>
1525</li>
1526<li>Return <strong>null</strong>.</li>
1527</ol>
1528</blockquote>
1529<p><strong>READ_PACKAGE_JSON</strong>(<em>packageURL</em>)</p>
1530<blockquote>
1531<ol>
1532<li>Let <em>pjsonURL</em> be the resolution of <em>"package.json"</em> within <em>packageURL</em>.</li>
1533<li>If the file at <em>pjsonURL</em> does not exist, then
1534<ol>
1535<li>Return <strong>null</strong>.</li>
1536</ol>
1537</li>
1538<li>If the file at <em>packageURL</em> does not parse as valid JSON, then
1539<ol>
1540<li>Throw an <em>Invalid Package Configuration</em> error.</li>
1541</ol>
1542</li>
1543<li>Return the parsed JSON source of the file at <em>pjsonURL</em>.</li>
1544</ol>
1545</blockquote>
1546<h4>Customizing ESM specifier resolution algorithm<span><a class="mark" href="#esm_customizing_esm_specifier_resolution_algorithm" id="esm_customizing_esm_specifier_resolution_algorithm">#</a></span></h4>
1547<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
1548<p>The current specifier resolution does not support all default behavior of
1549the CommonJS loader. One of the behavior differences is automatic resolution
1550of file extensions and the ability to import directories that have an index
1551file.</p>
1552<p>The <code>--experimental-specifier-resolution=[mode]</code> flag can be used to customize
1553the extension resolution algorithm. The default mode is <code>explicit</code>, which
1554requires the full path to a module be provided to the loader. To enable the
1555automatic extension resolution and importing from directories that include an
1556index file use the <code>node</code> mode.</p>
1557<pre><code class="language-console"><span class="hljs-meta">$ </span><span class="language-bash">node index.mjs</span>
1558success!
1559<span class="hljs-meta">$ </span><span class="language-bash">node index <span class="hljs-comment"># Failure!</span></span>
1560Error: Cannot find module
1561<span class="hljs-meta">$ </span><span class="language-bash">node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node index</span>
1562success!</code></pre>
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