Got a pretty simple question to which I cant find an answer regarding exporting a object form a module in Node js, more specifically accessing the objects properties.
Here is my object I export:
exports.caravan = {
month: "july"
};
And here is my main module:
var caravan = require("./caravan")
console.log(caravan.month);
console.log(caravan.caravan.month);
Why cant I access the properties directly with caravan.month but have to write caravan.caravan.month?
Consider that with require, you gain access to the module.exports object of a module (which is aliased to exports, but there are some subtleties to using exports that make using module.exports a better choice).
Taking your code:
exports.caravan = { month: "july" };
Which is similar to this:
module.exports.caravan = { month: "july" };
Which is similar to this:
module.exports = {
caravan : { month: "july" }
};
If we similarly "translate" the require, by substituting it with the contents of module.exports, your code becomes this:
var caravan = {
caravan : { month: "july" }
};
Which explains why you need to use caravan.caravan.month.
If you want to remove the extra level of indirection, you can use this in your module:
module.exports = {
month: "july"
};
If you want to get via caravan.month then:
module.exports = {
month: "july"
};
If you want to get the object, use
module.exports = {
caravan = {
month: "july"
}
};
and then get it like this:
var caravan = require("./caravan")
You may also check:
console.log(caravan.caravan.month);
