globalthis

ECMAScript spec-compliant polyfill/shim for `globalThis`


Keywords
window, self, global, globalThis, System.global, global object, global this value, ECMAScript, es-shim API, polyfill, shim
License
MIT
Install
npm install globalthis@1.0.4

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An ECMAScript spec-compliant polyfill/shim for globalThis. Invoke its "shim" method to shim globalThis if it is unavailable.

This package implements the es-shim API interface. It works in an ES3-supported environment and complies with the spec proposal.

Most common usage:

var globalThis = require('globalthis')(); // returns native globalThis if compliant
	/* or */
var globalThis = require('globalthis/polyfill')(); // returns native globalThis if compliant

Example

var assert = require('assert');

// the below function is not CSP-compliant, but reliably gets the
// global object in sloppy mode in every engine.
var getGlobal = Function('return this');

assert.equal(globalThis, getGlobal());
/* when `globalThis` is not present */
var shimmedGlobal = require('globalthis').shim();
	/* or */
var shimmedGlobal = require('globalthis/shim')();

assert.equal(shimmedGlobal, globalThis);
assert.equal(shimmedGlobal, getGlobal());
/* when `globalThis` is present */
var shimmedGlobal = require('globalthis').shim();

assert.equal(shimmedGlobal, globalThis);
assert.equal(shimmedGlobal, getGlobal());

Tests

Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test