Importing all exports in a module NodeJS

Question

I want to be able to access all exports of a module without having to say module. before the export.

Let's say that I have a module:

// mymod.js
module.exports.foo = function() {
    console.log("foo!");
}
module.exports.bar = "bar!";

And a main file:

// main.js
var mymod = require("./mymod.js");
mymod.foo();

Is there a way to call foo() without needing to say mymod. before? This can be achieved in python by saying import module as *. What is the NodeJS equivalent to this?

Answer 1

In ES6 you can import modules in the following ways

import moduleName from "path/to/module"; // import default export from the file as moduleName object, moduleName can be anything
import { exportMemberName1, exportMemberName2, ... } from "path/to/module"; // destructured import, it will destructure import and can access the export module without prefixing anything
import * as moduleName from "path/to/module"; // import everything exported from the file as moduleName object, you can access every export members from that object, moduleName can be anything

These are the only methods provided by ES6 to import module (you can also use require).

If you have to import 100s of modules best ways is first method, import everything as an object and destructure on the go, I meant if you have lots of functions or methods, destructure what you want in that function in side that function, eg.

import * as moduleName from "path/to/file";

function function1(){
    const { exportMember1, exportMember2 } = module;
}

function function2(){
    const { exportMember1, exportMember5, exportMember7 } = module;
}