Module
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object Module
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The module objects required by this one.
The module objects required by this one.
module.children
The module.exports object is created by the Module system.
The module.exports object is created by the Module system. Sometimes this is not acceptable; many want their module to be an instance of some class. To do this, assign the desired export object to module.exports. Note that assigning the desired object to exports will simply rebind the local exports variable, which is probably not what you want to do.
module.exports
The fully resolved filename to the module.
The fully resolved filename to the module.
module.filename
The identifier for the module.
The identifier for the module. Typically this is the fully resolved filename.
module.id
Whether or not the module is done loading, or is in the process of loading.
Whether or not the module is done loading, or is in the process of loading.
module.loaded
The module that first required this one.
The module that first required this one.
module.parent
The module.require method provides a way to load a module as if require() was called from the original module.
The module.require method provides a way to load a module as if require() was called from the original module.
Note that in order to do this, you must get a reference to the module object. Since require() returns the module.exports, and the module is typically only available within a specific module's code, it must be explicitly exported in order to be used.
In each module, the module free variable is a reference to the object representing the current module. For convenience, module.exports is also accessible via the exports module-global. module isn't actually a global but rather local to each module.
https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_the_module_object