Loading remote js file using require with node.js

Question

I\'ve been working on an online socket server using NodeJS and javascript, and I\'ve been creating \"playrooms\" in my code using require:

new_game_obj = req         


        

Answer 1

How about the 'require from URL' NPM package?

Just found it - not tried it, yet! https://www.npmjs.com/package/require-from-url

Answer 2

Take a look at the node.js modules docs

Specifically, refer to the require algorithm

Within node.js, require calls are synchronous, so it's not possible to load files that are not on your file system (ie, from an external url).

Update

You could fetch the code through an http request - or, even better, an https request and run it with the built-in vm module - or even with eval, but that seems not a good idea - as suggested on this old question.

Something like

https.get( 'https://www.xxxxx.com/blabla/forza4.js', function( res ){
  res.on( 'data', function( data ){
    vm.runInThisContext( data, 'remote/forza4.js' );
  });
});

Note: I did not test this code

Sure it isn't the best solution, but is a solution.