node.js require cannot find custom module

Question

Here is the project structure:

/   app.js   package.json   /node_modules   /app     config.json     /frontend       assets and html tpls     /modules       couch.js       raeume.js       users.js 

I require config.json, raeume.js and users.js from app.js and it all works fine.

var config   = require('./app/config'); var raeume   = require('./app/modules/raeume'); var users    = require('./app/modules/users'); 

Then I require config.json and couch.js from user.js the same way and it won't find anything.

var couch     = require('./app/modules/couch'); var config    = require('./app/config'); 

I guess it should find it. After some research I saw a diverse landscape of problems inclusive how node is compiled. Thus included: I work on osx 10.8 with node v0.10.7.

Answer 1

The path is relative to the directory in which you are requireing the files, so it should be something like:

var couch = require('./couch'); var config = require('../config'); 

A bit of clarification, if you write

var couch = require('./couch'); 

you are trying to require the couch module which resides in the current directory, if you write

var couch = require('couch'); 

you are trying to require the couch module installed via npm.