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279<li><a href="#the-module-object">The <code>Module</code> object</a>
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282<li><a href="#modulecreaterequirefilename"><code>module.createRequire(filename)</code></a></li>
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305        <h2>Modules: <code>node:module</code> API<span><a class="mark" href="#modules-nodemodule-api" id="modules-nodemodule-api">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_modules_node_module_api"></a></h2>
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310<section><h3>The <code>Module</code> object<span><a class="mark" href="#the-module-object" id="the-module-object">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_the_module_object"></a></h3>
311<ul>
312<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
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314<p>Provides general utility methods when interacting with instances of
315<code>Module</code>, the <a href="modules.html#the-module-object"><code>module</code></a> variable often seen in <a href="modules.html">CommonJS</a> modules. Accessed
316via <code>import 'node:module'</code> or <code>require('node:module')</code>.</p>
317<h4><code>module.builtinModules</code><span><a class="mark" href="#modulebuiltinmodules" id="modulebuiltinmodules">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_module_builtinmodules"></a></h4>
318<div class="api_metadata">
319<span>Added in: v9.3.0, v8.10.0, v6.13.0</span>
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322<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string[]></a></li>
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324<p>A list of the names of all modules provided by Node.js. Can be used to verify
325if a module is maintained by a third party or not.</p>
326<p><code>module</code> in this context isn't the same object that's provided
327by the <a href="modules.html#the-module-wrapper">module wrapper</a>. To access it, require the <code>Module</code> module:</p>
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329<pre class="with-26-chars"><input class="js-flavor-selector" type="checkbox" checked aria-label="Show modern ES modules syntax"><code class="language-js mjs"><span class="hljs-comment">// module.mjs</span>
330<span class="hljs-comment">// In an ECMAScript module</span>
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332<span class="hljs-comment">// In a CommonJS module</span>
333<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> builtin = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:module'</span>).<span class="hljs-property">builtinModules</span>;</code><button class="copy-button">copy</button></pre>
334<h4><code>module.createRequire(filename)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#modulecreaterequirefilename" id="modulecreaterequirefilename">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_module_createrequire_filename"></a></h4>
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340function. Must be a file URL object, file URL string, or absolute path
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342<li>Returns: <a href="modules.html#requireid" class="type">&#x3C;require></a> Require function</li>
343</ul>
344<pre><code class="language-js mjs"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { createRequire } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'node:module'</span>;
345<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span> = <span class="hljs-title function_">createRequire</span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>.<span class="hljs-property">meta</span>.<span class="hljs-property">url</span>);
346
347<span class="hljs-comment">// sibling-module.js is a CommonJS module.</span>
348<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> siblingModule = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'./sibling-module'</span>);</code> <button class="copy-button">copy</button></pre>
349<h4><code>module.isBuiltin(moduleName)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#moduleisbuiltinmodulename" id="moduleisbuiltinmodulename">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_module_isbuiltin_modulename"></a></h4>
350<div class="api_metadata">
351<span>Added in: v18.6.0</span>
352</div>
353<ul>
354<li><code>moduleName</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> name of the module</li>
355<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type" class="type">&#x3C;boolean></a> returns true if the module is builtin else returns false</li>
356</ul>
357<pre><code class="language-js mjs"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { isBuiltin } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'node:module'</span>;
358<span class="hljs-title function_">isBuiltin</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:fs'</span>); <span class="hljs-comment">// true</span>
359<span class="hljs-title function_">isBuiltin</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'fs'</span>); <span class="hljs-comment">// true</span>
360<span class="hljs-title function_">isBuiltin</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'wss'</span>); <span class="hljs-comment">// false</span></code> <button class="copy-button">copy</button></pre>
361<h4><code>module.syncBuiltinESMExports()</code><span><a class="mark" href="#modulesyncbuiltinesmexports" id="modulesyncbuiltinesmexports">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_module_syncbuiltinesmexports"></a></h4>
362<div class="api_metadata">
363<span>Added in: v12.12.0</span>
364</div>
365<p>The <code>module.syncBuiltinESMExports()</code> method updates all the live bindings for
366builtin <a href="esm.html">ES Modules</a> to match the properties of the <a href="modules.html">CommonJS</a> exports. It
367does not add or remove exported names from the <a href="esm.html">ES Modules</a>.</p>
368<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> fs = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:fs'</span>);
369<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> assert = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:assert'</span>);
370<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { syncBuiltinESMExports } = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:module'</span>);
371
372fs.<span class="hljs-property">readFile</span> = newAPI;
373
374<span class="hljs-keyword">delete</span> fs.<span class="hljs-property">readFileSync</span>;
375
376<span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">newAPI</span>(<span class="hljs-params"></span>) {
377  <span class="hljs-comment">// ...</span>
378}
379
380fs.<span class="hljs-property">newAPI</span> = newAPI;
381
382<span class="hljs-title function_">syncBuiltinESMExports</span>();
383
384<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:fs'</span>).<span class="hljs-title function_">then</span>(<span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">esmFS</span>) =></span> {
385  <span class="hljs-comment">// It syncs the existing readFile property with the new value</span>
386  assert.<span class="hljs-title function_">strictEqual</span>(esmFS.<span class="hljs-property">readFile</span>, newAPI);
387  <span class="hljs-comment">// readFileSync has been deleted from the required fs</span>
388  assert.<span class="hljs-title function_">strictEqual</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'readFileSync'</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> fs, <span class="hljs-literal">false</span>);
389  <span class="hljs-comment">// syncBuiltinESMExports() does not remove readFileSync from esmFS</span>
390  assert.<span class="hljs-title function_">strictEqual</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'readFileSync'</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> esmFS, <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>);
391  <span class="hljs-comment">// syncBuiltinESMExports() does not add names</span>
392  assert.<span class="hljs-title function_">strictEqual</span>(esmFS.<span class="hljs-property">newAPI</span>, <span class="hljs-literal">undefined</span>);
393});</code> <button class="copy-button">copy</button></pre>
394</section><section><h3>Source map v3 support<span><a class="mark" href="#source-map-v3-support" id="source-map-v3-support">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_source_map_v3_support"></a></h3>
395<div class="api_metadata">
396<span>Added in: v13.7.0, v12.17.0</span>
397</div>
398<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#stability-index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
399<p>Helpers for interacting with the source map cache. This cache is
400populated when source map parsing is enabled and
401<a href="https://sourcemaps.info/spec.html#h.lmz475t4mvbx">source map include directives</a> are found in a modules' footer.</p>
402<p>To enable source map parsing, Node.js must be run with the flag
403<a href="cli.html#--enable-source-maps"><code>--enable-source-maps</code></a>, or with code coverage enabled by setting
404<a href="cli.html#node_v8_coveragedir"><code>NODE_V8_COVERAGE=dir</code></a>.</p>
405
406<pre class="with-26-chars"><input class="js-flavor-selector" type="checkbox" checked aria-label="Show modern ES modules syntax"><code class="language-js mjs"><span class="hljs-comment">// module.mjs</span>
407<span class="hljs-comment">// In an ECMAScript module</span>
408<span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> { findSourceMap, <span class="hljs-title class_">SourceMap</span> } <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> <span class="hljs-string">'node:module'</span>;</code><code class="language-js cjs"><span class="hljs-comment">// module.cjs</span>
409<span class="hljs-comment">// In a CommonJS module</span>
410<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> { findSourceMap, <span class="hljs-title class_">SourceMap</span> } = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'node:module'</span>);</code><button class="copy-button">copy</button></pre>
411<!-- Anchors to make sure old links find a target -->
412<p><a id="module_module_findsourcemap_path_error"></a></p>
413<h4><code>module.findSourceMap(path)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#modulefindsourcemappath" id="modulefindsourcemappath">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_module_findsourcemap_path"></a></h4>
414<div class="api_metadata">
415<span>Added in: v13.7.0, v12.17.0</span>
416</div>
417<ul>
418<li><code>path</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
419<li>Returns: <a href="module.html#class-modulesourcemap" class="type">&#x3C;module.SourceMap></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Undefined_type" class="type">&#x3C;undefined></a> Returns <code>module.SourceMap</code> if a source
420map is found, <code>undefined</code> otherwise.</li>
421</ul>
422<p><code>path</code> is the resolved path for the file for which a corresponding source map
423should be fetched.</p>
424<h4>Class: <code>module.SourceMap</code><span><a class="mark" href="#class-modulesourcemap" id="class-modulesourcemap">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_class_module_sourcemap"></a></h4>
425<div class="api_metadata">
426<span>Added in: v13.7.0, v12.17.0</span>
427</div>
428<h5><code>new SourceMap(payload)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#new-sourcemappayload" id="new-sourcemappayload">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_new_sourcemap_payload"></a></h5>
429<ul>
430<li><code>payload</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
431</ul>
432<p>Creates a new <code>sourceMap</code> instance.</p>
433<p><code>payload</code> is an object with keys matching the <a href="https://sourcemaps.info/spec.html#h.mofvlxcwqzej">Source map v3 format</a>:</p>
434<ul>
435<li><code>file</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
436<li><code>version</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a></li>
437<li><code>sources</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string[]></a></li>
438<li><code>sourcesContent</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string[]></a></li>
439<li><code>names</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string[]></a></li>
440<li><code>mappings</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
441<li><code>sourceRoot</code>: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
442</ul>
443<h5><code>sourceMap.payload</code><span><a class="mark" href="#sourcemappayload" id="sourcemappayload">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_sourcemap_payload"></a></h5>
444<ul>
445<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
446</ul>
447<p>Getter for the payload used to construct the <a href="#class-modulesourcemap"><code>SourceMap</code></a> instance.</p>
448<h5><code>sourceMap.findEntry(lineOffset, columnOffset)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#sourcemapfindentrylineoffset-columnoffset" id="sourcemapfindentrylineoffset-columnoffset">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_sourcemap_findentry_lineoffset_columnoffset"></a></h5>
449<ul>
450<li><code>lineOffset</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The zero-indexed line number offset in
451the generated source</li>
452<li><code>columnOffset</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The zero-indexed column number offset
453in the generated source</li>
454<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
455</ul>
456<p>Given a line offset and column offset in the generated source
457file, returns an object representing the SourceMap range in the
458original file if found, or an empty object if not.</p>
459<p>The object returned contains the following keys:</p>
460<ul>
461<li>generatedLine: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The line offset of the start of the
462range in the generated source</li>
463<li>generatedColumn: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The column offset of start of the
464range in the generated source</li>
465<li>originalSource: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The file name of the original source,
466as reported in the SourceMap</li>
467<li>originalLine: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The line offset of the start of the
468range in the original source</li>
469<li>originalColumn: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The column offset of start of the
470range in the original source</li>
471<li>name: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a></li>
472</ul>
473<p>The returned value represents the raw range as it appears in the
474SourceMap, based on zero-indexed offsets, <em>not</em> 1-indexed line and
475column numbers as they appear in Error messages and CallSite
476objects.</p>
477<p>To get the corresponding 1-indexed line and column numbers from a
478lineNumber and columnNumber as they are reported by Error stacks
479and CallSite objects, use <code>sourceMap.findOrigin(lineNumber, columnNumber)</code></p>
480<h5><code>sourceMap.findOrigin(lineNumber, columnNumber)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#sourcemapfindoriginlinenumber-columnnumber" id="sourcemapfindoriginlinenumber-columnnumber">#</a></span><a aria-hidden="true" class="legacy" id="module_sourcemap_findorigin_linenumber_columnnumber"></a></h5>
481<ul>
482<li><code>lineNumber</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The 1-indexed line number of the call
483site in the generated source</li>
484<li><code>columnOffset</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The 1-indexed column number
485of the call site in the generated source</li>
486<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type">&#x3C;Object></a></li>
487</ul>
488<p>Given a 1-indexed lineNumber and columnNumber from a call site in
489the generated source, find the corresponding call site location
490in the original source.</p>
491<p>If the lineNumber and columnNumber provided are not found in any
492source map, then an empty object is returned.  Otherwise, the
493returned object contains the following keys:</p>
494<ul>
495<li>name: <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/Data_structures#Undefined_type" class="type">&#x3C;undefined></a> The name of the range in the
496source map, if one was provided</li>
497<li>fileName: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> The file name of the original source, as
498reported in the SourceMap</li>
499<li>lineNumber: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The 1-indexed lineNumber of the
500corresponding call site in the original source</li>
501<li>columnNumber: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type">&#x3C;number></a> The 1-indexed columnNumber of the
502corresponding call site in the original source</li>
503</ul></section>
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