Override the require function

Question

Is it possible to override the global require function, affecting it at process level?

From what I know, the require function is provided as argument in the function that wraps the NodeJS scripts:

(function (..., require, __dirname) { // something like this    // The wrapped code })(...); 

Is there any way to modify the require function?

(function () {     var _require = require;     require = function () {         console.log("...");         _require.apply(this, arguments);     }; })(); 

This will probably affect only the script where it's located.

How can we modify it at the process level?

Answer 1

var Module = require('module'); var originalRequire = Module.prototype.require;  Module.prototype.require = function(){   //do your thing here   return originalRequire.apply(this, arguments); };