Force Require

Ensure that a NPM dependency is resolved.

Install

npm install force-require --save

Usage

First load the library:

var forceRequire = require('force-require');

Now you can use like require command.

API

force-require(<String>, [cb])

Try to load a dependency based in the name. If cb is provided then the call will be resolved follow async interface.

Internally the library follow the next algorithm:

1) Try to require the dependency locally. This means that exists in the current process.cwd()/node_modules folder as direct dependency or a dependency of another dependency.

2) If not possible to resolve locally, then try to resolve globally in your system. Try to require the dependency globally using the module global-modules.

3) At this poin of the algorithm, the dependency was not found. Let's install as global module and later require it.

License

MIT © Kiko Beats