1# resolve-from [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/resolve-from) 2 3> Resolve the path of a module like [`require.resolve()`](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_require_resolve) but from a given path 4 5 6## Install 7 8``` 9$ npm install resolve-from 10``` 11 12 13## Usage 14 15```js 16const resolveFrom = require('resolve-from'); 17 18// There is a file at `./foo/bar.js` 19 20resolveFrom('foo', './bar'); 21//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/test/foo/bar.js' 22``` 23 24 25## API 26 27### resolveFrom(fromDir, moduleId) 28 29Like `require()`, throws when the module can't be found. 30 31### resolveFrom.silent(fromDir, moduleId) 32 33Returns `null` instead of throwing when the module can't be found. 34 35#### fromDir 36 37Type: `string` 38 39Directory to resolve from. 40 41#### moduleId 42 43Type: `string` 44 45What you would use in `require()`. 46 47 48## Tip 49 50Create a partial using a bound function if you want to resolve from the same `fromDir` multiple times: 51 52```js 53const resolveFromFoo = resolveFrom.bind(null, 'foo'); 54 55resolveFromFoo('./bar'); 56resolveFromFoo('./baz'); 57``` 58 59 60## Related 61 62- [resolve-cwd](https://github.com/sindresorhus/resolve-cwd) - Resolve the path of a module from the current working directory 63- [import-from](https://github.com/sindresorhus/import-from) - Import a module from a given path 64- [import-cwd](https://github.com/sindresorhus/import-cwd) - Import a module from the current working directory 65- [resolve-pkg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/resolve-pkg) - Resolve the path of a package regardless of it having an entry point 66- [import-lazy](https://github.com/sindresorhus/import-lazy) - Import a module lazily 67- [resolve-global](https://github.com/sindresorhus/resolve-global) - Resolve the path of a globally installed module 68 69 70## License 71 72MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) 73
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