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Discussion on: Unable to use global variables with es6 imports in node

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Mike Talbot ⭐ • • Edited

Create a require that just has a {} on it and use that as your global:

//context.js
const context={}
module.exports = {context}
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//someModule.js
const {context} = require('./context');
if(context.foo) {
   context.foo();
}
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//oh-look-more-code.js
const {context} = require('./context');
context.foo = ()=>console.log("Yep");
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//something.mjs
import * as Context from 'context'
Context.context.foo && Context.context.foo()
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Bear in mind that in ES6 all imports are hoisted, so you will need to configure foo in an import or before all of this code executes. Can't have it inline like in cjs.

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Aniket •

Thanks a lot!!
This is perfect!!