node.js require() cache - possible to invalidate?

Question

From the node.js documentation:

Modules are cached after the first time they are loaded. This means (among other things) that every call to require(\'

Answer 1

I made a small module to delete module from the cache after loading. This forces reevaluation of the module next time it is required. See https://github.com/bahmutov/require-and-forget

// random.js
module.exports = Math.random()
const forget = require('require-and-forget')
const r1 = forget('./random')
const r2 = forget('./random')
// r1 and r2 will be different
// "random.js" will not be stored in the require.cache

PS: you can also put "self-destruct" into the module itself. See https://github.com/bahmutov/unload-me

PSS: more tricks with Node require in my https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/hacking-node-require/